MANCHESTER – Two local men were arrested and charged with animal cruelty after they allegedly shot and killed the family cat, police said.

Police were alerted to the incident by a caller indicating that shots had been fired in the area of Johnson Avenue, in the Ridgeway section of town. This was at around 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 13. Police responded to the area, spoke to the person who made the call, who pointed them toward a backyard of a nearby home.

When police approached, they said they saw Ronald Malcolm, 59, of Pine Beach walking down the driveway with a partially-filled black garbage bag. They also spotted Eugene Kaufmann, 64, of Manchester, leaving the back yard through a fence.

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