Man faces trial in fatal shooting of horse that was pulling buggy with Amish family inside

LANCASTER, Pa. – A man from Pennsylvania’s Amish country is headed to trial in a drive-by shooting that killed a horse pulling a buggy with a family inside.

Defendant Timothy Antonio Diggs Jr.’s sister said Thursday he said he shot the horse “for fun.”

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The Lancaster County man is charged with reckless endangerment, cruelty to animals and a weapons offence. His arraignment is April 11. He was jailed Dec. 3 on unrelated burglary charges and couldn’t be reached for comment.

An Amish man told police Nov. 23 that as a car passed his buggy he heard a firecracker noise but didn’t know it was a gunshot and continued to his farm. There he discovered his horse was shot in the side. The horse died before a vet arrived.

The Amish couple and their three children in the buggy were unhurt.