Horse owners find four animals shot, one dead

QUITMAN - A Brooks County couple are offering a $500 reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever shot four horses, killing one and seriously wounding two others. <br> <br> Sidney and Cindy Ridgon returned home Saturday evening to find the horse shot by a small-caliber weapon in a stable area behind their house. Whoever shot them intentionally walked onto the property, Brooks County Sheriff Richard Chafin said. <br> <br> The Rigdons said they knew of no one who would have done it, Chafin said. <br> <br> Mrs. Rigdon&#39;s quarter horse died of an abdominal wound. Rigdon&#39;s Tennessee walking horse was shot eight times six in its haunches, once in the left front leg and once in the throat and will probably have to be destoryed. <br> <br> A Welsh pony belonging to 4-year-old Amber Rigdon had a serious abdominal wound. Two-year-old Elizabeth Rigdon&#39;s Welsh pony appeared to be in stable condition.