A 27-year-old Wooldridge woman is facing a felony charge after an incident on October 27.

According to a probable-cause statement, Elizabeth Willis’ dog entered her neighbor’s yard and fought with a pitbull. During the fight, Willis entered the neighbor’s yard to retrieve her dog. She could not separate the two dogs, another neighbor provided her a shotgun, which she fired and hit her neighbor’s dog in the left rear quarter.

Willis admitted to being in her neighbor’s yard when she fired the shot, a spent 12-gauge shotgun shell was recovered from the neighbor’s yard, and the shotgun was seized.

During her booking process, Willis stated that she had used heroin shortly before the incident had occurred.

According to court documents, Willis is charged with a felony for unlawful use of a weapon while intoxicated and a misdemeanor for animal abuse. Willis posted surety bond on November 15.

Willis was scheduled for her initial court appearance on Wednesday, November 30. No other information is available at this time.