Reward offered in shooting of race horse

June 7, 2012 (CRETE, Ill.) (WLS) -- The Humane Society is offering a $2,500 reward for information in the death of an Illinois race horse, Lady May Z.

The harness race horse was shot between the eyes with a captive bolt gun, which is used on slaughter animals in livestock processing plants, on May 29.

The 8-year-old trotting horse was scheduled to race the next day at Balmoral Park in south suburban Crete.

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