Teen gets probation for shooting death of Salem cat

A Marion County Circuit Court judge sentenced a teen boy to probation for shooting and killing a cat with a pellet gun in southeast Salem in May. The boy, 17, admitted on Sept. 19 to first-degree aggravated animal abuse in Marion County Juvenile Court.
He and two other teens were accused of killing a cat named Vortex.
The teen, reading from a piece of paper, told the courtroom that he felt remorse for what he…





