A local man reported to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department that he found his lost German shepherd dead with a bullet hole through the top of its head, after receiving an anonymous phone call Monday. Edward Detar said he got a call from a man who told him that the German shepherd with a red collar and name tag with "Rodi" on it was in the gravel parking area of the bus stop at Cougar Gulch Road. Detar found his dog at the site, where he believes it was dumped after being killed. Detar had reported the dog lost on March 21. He told authorities that the dog was "very friendly" and doubts that it was killed by someone defending himself. Detar said "it looked to him as if the dog had been shot from up close and straight above," accordin to the sheriff's report. Initially, he took the dog home and buried it. Later, he decided to report the incident in case someone witnessed the crime or there's a rash of this type of cruelty occurring in the area.