PANOLA CO., Miss. --- Panola County investigators need the public's help to find whoever shot and killed three family dogs within a few days of each other. Two of the three dogs that were killed were found on a road in a quiet neighborhood called Ranchette Acres in Panola County. Austin Gant lives close to where a neighbor found her two dogs, June and Scarlett, dead from gunshot wounds. "They were two German Short-Haired Pointers, just family dogs. I think they had them maybe ten years, so family companions you know," Gant said. "She was getting up one morning to go walking, and she walked up on both dogs laying side by side just a short piece from the driveway there." TN man charged with multiple sex crimes involving child, animals Investigators believe the dogs were killed around March 13. Gant, who owns several dogs, says people in Ranchette Acres are shocked and calls this a very dog-friendly community. "It's a major concern. We raise these dogs, care a lot about them, take care of them, and it's just unacceptable. So we got to get to the bottom of it," Gant said. The Panola County Sheriff's Office is looking to connect the Ranchette Acres shootings to the death of a Pointer mix that was hot and killed on March 17 in neighboring Yalobusha County. Sergeant Zack Adams says the distance between the two crime scenes is a 25-minute drive, and it appears the same weapon was used in all three deaths. "You have individuals that like to ride at night time and shoot out of their vehicles at deer and any other critters or animals that are out and about," Adams said. If you can help investigators find who's responsible, you're urged to call Sergeant Zack Adams at 662-209-0244 or Panola County Crime Stoppers at 662-209-2011. ...read more read less