DUCHESNE, Utah (KSL.com) — A Herriman man is accused of traveling to Duchesne County and killing a llama that had recently given birth.

Jordan Blake Gomez, 33, was charged Monday in 8th District Court with wanton destruction of livestock, a third-degree felony.

On Friday, one of Gomez’s relatives called police to say he “just showed up” and that Gomez told her “that he purchased a gun yesterday and a butcher kit, which he brought with him,” according to a police booking affidavit. “(The relative) told me that she has no idea why Jordan would just show up at her house. She said that he shot the llama, which just had a baby this week. She said that without the mother llama, the baby would also die, and they cannot catch it.

“She said that when she spoke with Jordan about why he did this,

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