The guinea pig, named "Cookie," reportedly died Wednesday and the teenager did not have time to bury it right away, his mother Andrea told WFAA.

A Texas man and his brother were burying a dead pet guinea pig in their back yard when a neighbor came outside and shot him, Houston police say.

A man in Houston was shot while he was helping his younger brother bury their family's recently deceased pet guinea pig in their backyard early Thursday morning, authorities said.

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A Houston man was shot on Belgard Street while he and his younger brother buried their dead pet guinea pig.