LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Channel 13 viewer sent in a video captured by a doorbell camera on Tuesday showing a man spraying cats with Raid outside his unit at a Las Vegas apartment complex.
Johan De Beer said he’s the one in the video and explained why he ended up with a can of Raid in his hand.
“I was cleaning my car, a sticker that was there,” he said, adding, “The glue underneath the sticker wouldn’t come off. So, I used Raid to get that off.”
WATCH | Man caught on camera spraying cats with Raid in Las Vegas
He said he felt unsafe when he encountered the cats by his apartment.“It hunched down and went [he hisses] to me. I got afraid and I sprayed at the cat.”
The video has been making the rounds on social media after Monserrat Castillo said she shared it with her friend, who posted it on Instagram.
Her mom’s doorbell camera captured it.
“I wanted him to know that there is consequences to actions, so there is going to be a consequence to his action,” she said.
Castillo shared that one of the cats sprayed by De Beer is her mom’s cat, not a stray like the others. She said he’s OK and unharmed.
On Friday, it was unclear what would happen in the case after Channel 13 reached out to the City of Las Vegas to inquire about a possible Animal Protection Services investigation.
On Monday, when we followed up with the City, a spokesperson shared that De Beer had been issued two misdemeanor citations.
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