Dr. Kendall Crowns

She called 911 and the sheriff's office responded.

But we lived out in the country, so it took them probably about 20 minutes for them to get there.

During that time, I looked outside and noticed he was gone.

I went out there and picked up the dead bird.

I looked at the poor dead dove.

He was bleeding from his chest.

and I wanted to find out why he died.

I cleaned the feathers off the wounds and found an entrance and exit wound consistent with a gunshot.

They weren't very big, so whatever the gun was, it didn't have a lot of power or kinetic energy.

Plus, the bird was still intact, so if it had been a high-velocity rifle, the bird would have exploded.

When the sheriff's officer arrived, I went out to the driveway and met her with the dead bird in my hand.

I told her what had occurred, and then I showed her the dead bird and began showing her the entrance and exit wounds, and I started telling her my theory about the gun.

The officer looked at me, perplexed, and she said, Who are you?

Where did you get this bird from again?

And I said to her, well, actually, I'm one of the medical examiners of this county.

And this is the bird that was shot by my neighbor on my fence right next to me when I was watering my tomatoes.

The sheriff's officer said, well, okay, I don't need to see the dead bird, but you can show me where this incident occurred.

And I put the bird down and we walked into the backyard where my garden was.

i was pointing out to her where i was standing when the bird died and she said where was the shooter at i turned and i pointed at the door my neighbor had shot from and when i did that i saw him standing on his deck eavesdropping on what i was saying to the sheriff's officer

And I said to her, well, that's him right there.