23-02-2017 02:16 via kxan.com

Houston-area 17-year-old charged after killing bald eagle

HOUSTON, Texas (KPRC) – A 17-year-old has been charged with hunting without the landowner’s consent after authorities said he shot a bald eagle to death Tuesday near Houston, Texas.
A witness told police that he saw three males standing near the base of a tree where an American bald eagle had nested for a few years. One of the men was armed with a rifle, police said.
Before deputies arrived, the witness said Orlando David Delgado and two friends returned to the area and one of them p
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