The hourslong episode in the middle of the night triggered a shelter-in-place order in Monterey County. One official described the scene as “horrible.”

A man was arrested after he was accused of “randomly shooting” and killing 81 animals in a three-hour span, California deputies say. Multiple 911 calls about shots being fired came into the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, deputies said in a Facebook post.

A man is suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens.

Vicente Joseph Arroyo, 39, from Salinas, allegedly murdered miniature horses, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks and other types of birds in three-hour spree

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested a 69-year-old man after he allegedly killed his 76-year-old girlfriend Thursday morning. Officers learned about it at about 6:16 a.m. after someone reported an assault with a deadly weapon involving a domestic violence incident in the 7300 block of Balboa Boulevard.

A suspect was arrested for the murder of an elderly woman in the San Fernando Valley Thursday. William Anthony Tillman, 69, is accused of murdering his 76-year-old girlfriend, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.