Police responded to Evergreen Park, a suburb south of downtown Chicago, and found the abused coyote dead. The teens are due in court next month.

Four Chicago teens are charged with killing a coyote pup by shooting it with a bow and arrow, then stomping it to death.

The coyote was shot with a bow and then stomped to death, the Illinois Conservation police told ABC7, along with WGN-TV and Fox 32. Police said the animal’s body was removed from the scene and an investigation led to four teenagers being cited.

Four teenagers have been cited with killing a coyote in Chicago.