Teen Arrested After Stabbing 3 Horses at a Competition

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Teen arrested after 3 horses stabbed multiple times at Vegas competition

You really gotta wonder is wrong with kids these days? Or is it their parents"

(KTLA) – A teenage girl has been arrested in connection with three horses that were each stabbed multiple times while in their stalls at a Las Vegas hotel hosting a national barrel racing competition.

Officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa just after 2 a.m. Saturday.

In a news release, police officials said LVMPD’s Animal Cruelty Section assumed the case and identified the teen, who had access to the barn and was believed to have used a knife to inflict multiple injuries on the horses.

The animals were attacked during the National Barrel Horse Association’s Professional Choice Las Vegas Super Show.

While all three horses are expected to recover, they were unable to compete in the remainder of the event.

The violence occurred after organizers of the event announced Friday that a competitor had been removed following a separate incident described as the mistreatment of a horse, Nexstar’s KLAS reported.

According to Phillips, surveillance cameras in the barns captured the teen entering at least two stalls, which helped lead police to her.

“Detectives located the teen at a nearby hotel and took her into custody without incident. She was transported to Clark County Juvenile Hall, where she was booked on 12 counts of willful or malicious killing, maiming or torturing of an animal, horse, and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property over $5,000,” investigators said.

The teen suspect was a competitor in the event, according to a statement from the National Barrel Horse Association, which said the incident was immediately addressed.