Man charged in deadly Aldine pit bull stabbing, second suspect sought
Aldine neighbors are reeling after a 4-year-old pit bull was stabbed to death on Hopper Road, and one suspect remains at large.
Juan Garcia, 46, was arrested Wednesday and charged in the deadly stabbing of a 4-year-old pit bull named Bull-lit, a case that has left an Aldine neighborhood confronting a violent attack at home and a second suspect still being sought.
Investigators say the May 8 attack happened at a home on Hopper Road in the Aldine area of Harris County, where two men held the dog down and stabbed it with a piece of sheet metal. Court documents say one man put Bull-lit in a headlock while Garcia used the sharp edge of the metal to puncture one of the dog’s lungs.
Bull-lit’s owner, Eric Enriquez, said the dog was like a son to him. Enriquez said he was asleep when his aunt woke him with screams, and he found Bull-lit bleeding badly. He tied a makeshift bandage on the dog and rushed him to a vet, but Bull-lit died.
Garcia appeared in probable cause court Thursday morning, and a magistrate declined to set bail. Records show Garcia has a lengthy criminal history, including a prison term for aggravated robbery. A warrant has been issued for the second suspect, who investigators say held down Bull-lit, but that man has not been arrested.
The case falls under the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Animal Cruelty Section, which handles abuse and neglect cases involving livestock and non-livestock animals, including torture and cruelly causing death or serious bodily injury. Under Texas Penal Code Section 42.092, cruelty to nonlivestock animals includes intentionally, knowingly or recklessly torturing an animal or killing it in a cruel manner, and dogs are included in that category.
For neighbors, the case is a reminder that animal abuse can be part of a broader safety threat in a household or on a block. Enriquez said Garcia was his mother’s boyfriend and had not gotten along with Bull-lit before, details that now sit at the center of a homicide-style investigation into a family pet’s killing. In Harris County, prosecutors can pursue those cases through the animal-cruelty section, while court proceedings can quickly determine whether a defendant remains jailed or faces release while the investigation continues.
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