Did Lauren Boebert Shoot and Kill Her Neighbor’s Dog?

In October 2022, a widely shared Facebook post accused Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of shooting and killing a neighbor’s dog in Garfield County, Colorado, a previous month. The post, which was deleted after it gained attention from media outlets (including Snopes), claimed that Boebert shot and killed the dog, a husky named Omega, on Aug. 17 after it supposedly attacked the congresswoman’s goats.

It was true that a dog was fatally shot around Boebert’s property, according to her office and the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office. However, according to both groups, it was...