Cohasset lawyer accused of shooting, killing estranged wife’s dog

A Cohasset lawyer is charged with shooting and killing his wife’s 14-year-old dog while she was taking her pets out, according to police.

Police said Christopher Lucas, 59, shot his wife’s 14-year-old mutt named Lise last summer. He is charged with Cruelty to Animals and Discharging a Firearm within 500 Feet of a Building.

“She was in the front yard of her residence in Cohasset, with her two dogs, when her husband fired a gun that struck one of her dogs in the head,” Prosecutor Kelsey Shea said. “She stated that the dog that was struck was not on a leash at the time, and she was standing approximately five feet away from the dog.”

Lucas’ wife, who now lives in Maine, told a detective her husband had been using rifles to illegally hunt coyotes from a second floor window that sits over their garage.

A police report said Ring camera video shows a woman on the ground next to the dog with its tail wagging. She can be heard yelling, “Oh my god! What happened?”

Lucas was arrested Monday and is out on bail.

Court documents indicate he has licenses for nearly two dozen guns; weapons Lucas apparently brought to his home in Maine after he buried the dog there. He must now retrieve them, even though he has an order to stay away from his estranged wife who lives there.

“He chose to bring his guns from Cohasset to Maine, now there’s no choice but to bring them back,” Judge Mark Coven said.

A neighbor spoke with 7NEWS.

“It definitely comes as a concern,” they said. “There are a lot of kids living on this street. It’s a quiet negborhood. I didn’t really see something like this coming, and it’s definitely disheartening.”

The judge gave Lucas a Friday deadline to go to Maine, retrieve the guns, and bring them to the Cohasset police department.