First look at man accused of 'strangling' bunny, snapping parakeet's neck, 'stomping' hamster to death at Petland
Christopher Brooks Jameson has been identified as the man accused of walking into an Oklahoma City Petland and killing multiple animals in brutal fashion.
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A 19-year-old man in Oklahoma has been arrested for walking into a Petland pet store and allegedly killing several helpless animals in a bizarrely sadistic crime spree earlier this month. Christopher Brooks Jameson was taken into custody on Saturday and booked on a complaint of cruelty to animals, authorities confirmed to Law&Crime.
According to a press release from the Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Division, Jameson turned himself in to officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department one day after a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection with the shocking allegations.
“We want to thank the community for helping us identify the suspects,” Crystal Slocum of Oklahoma City Animal Welfare said in a statement. “This is a heartbreaking and disturbing case.”
Surveillance footage from the previous day allegedly showed Jameson and an adult female — who has been identified by authorities but not charged in the incident — entering the store at about 3:30 p.m. and began “looking around,” before going over to the puppy enclosure and having one of the animals brought to them. The puppy they were shown was unharmed.
Furthermore, the video allegedly showed that the female suspect did not stand directly next to [Jameson], rather, she appeared to be acting as a “lookout for the male.”
“After breaking the neck of the Parakeet and strangling the bunny, [Jameson] grabbed a hamster and a Guinea pig before leaving the store with the female,” police wrote.
When the staff watched the surveillance footage and saw that the hamster and Guinea pig had been taken, they went out to the parking lot where they located the hamster, which had also been killed. Police said it appeared as though the hamster had been “stomped to death.”
