Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Deer at Lake Shore Towers

The former manager of Lake Shore Towers apartments is facing up to 270 days in jail after he was found guilty of shooting a deer and her fawn Nov. 6 as nearby residents watch them eat acorns.

Garwood Wilson Jr., 46, of Wilmington, is scheduled to be sentenced March 25.

In Lakewood Municipal Court last week, Judge Patrick Carroll found him guilty of cruelty to animals, illegally killing deer and obstruction of official business — all misdemeanors.

According to the cleveland.com — which has been following the story since it broke — several residents of the apartments at 12506 Edgewater Drive were watching a buck, a doe and her fawn eating acorns in the yard behind the building on the morning of Nov. 6.

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Witnesses said they heard three or four shots. The doe was struck and fell off a cliff. The fawn dropped dead. The buck ran off. A police officer climbed down to the doe, whose back was broken, and shot her in the head.

After initially denying it, Wilson later told police that he struck the deer with what he called a "lucky" shot.

Wilson and his wife — who were both managers of the apartment complex — were reportedly both fired from their jobs.