SEALY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Austin County Sheriffs Office has opened an investigation into the shooting death of a competition steer.
The teen who owns the animal was just days away from showing it at the Austin County Fair.
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"It was hard," said Corey Barrett.
He came outside Sunday morning to find his steer, Hawkeye on his side with a gunshot wound.
Corey is a well-known and very decorated FFA exhibitor. He has competed since he was 8-years old.
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"You put in so much time effort and money and that's my lifestyle. That's what I like doing. I never want to quit," Barrett told Eyewitness news.
Authorities with the Austin County Sheriffs office say they are looking into the crime.
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