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CRYSTAL FALLS -- A Crystal Falls teen accused of shooting two horses and an occupied home in Crystal Falls Township earlier this year now faces an attempted murder charge.
Iron County Prosecutor Melissa Powell on Thursday authorized the new charge, a life felony, as well as felony firearm, a two-year felony, against 19-year-old Luke Endjamin Wool.
Powell was unavailable this morning to provide additional information on the development. The amended criminal complaint lists Shawn Colberg as the attempted murder victim.
Previous charges against Wool include discharge a firearm in or at a building, a 10-year felony, and two counts of killing or torturing animals, a four-year felony.
Wool's case in Iron County Trial Court has been on hold since April while he undergoes competency and criminal responsibility evaluations.
Wool reportedly told police he shot and killed a draft horse Feb. 24 in Crystal Falls Township while "playing 'American Sniper,'" then shot and injured a second horse March 16 because it "laughed" at him and "draft horses are supposed to be in pairs," Powell said in a previous court hearing.
The horses belong to Chuck, Lisa and Jeff Battan.
Iron County deputies went to the March 16 incident after hearing of shots fired at a horse and a nearby occupied home. They were able to connect Wool with the horse found dead Feb. 24 after it broke a leg, severing a main artery.
Wool reportedly told police he listened in on a conversation between his pastor and the pastor's wife, who he was living with, to figure out how to get into their gun safe. While the two were out of town, Wool reportedly took five guns and ammunition, according to Powell.