McKINNEY, Texas - Public tips to Operation Game Thief led Collin County Game Wardens to identify and charge two people who are accused of shooting ducks with an air rifle in a residential community earlier this month, officials announced.

According to authorities, the two people spent part of the day on Nov. 6 driving around the McKinney area shooting squirrels before stopping near a pond in the Stonebridge Ranch community.

Spotting ducks on the water, both individuals reportedly got out of their vehicle and opened fire on the birds using an air rifle.