Choose Your Own Detective Adventure in Ponyville

I looked around the room, closely examining every object... There are hoof prints near the mess of ashes, two bullet holes in the wall, blood splattered all over the carpet and walls, a knocked over table on the center rug, and a broken vase. "Whats that?" I thought outloud.

"Whats what?" Cherry berry asked.

"There is... something in the fire place.  Let me put my gloves on" I said as I slipped them on and grabbed the object "It's the gun! strange... it feels familiar... like I've seen it before... The store perhaps?" Just a normal shot-gun, nothing to special about it. "Let's dust it for hoof prints to see if they match the ones in the ash," I said "Then we can send it to the lab to run the prints through our database..."  Sooner than later its in a sanitary bag ready to be sent to the lab. Now I should go question the Gun-salesmen, or question the other ponies on this street...