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Shooter who Killed Horse Pulling Amish Buggy Gets Prison

October 20, 2014

Lancaster, Pennsylvania - A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that killed a horse pulling a buggy with an Amish family inside in Lancaster County has been sentenced to one to two years behind bars.

Last November, Timothy Diggs Jr. apologized for his behavior and attributed it to cough medicine abuse.

LNP newspapers reports that the 21-year-old from Ronks, Pa. pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals and reckless endangerment and also entered pleas in several unrelated cases.

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