Woman walks into neighbor’s house, shoots her over barking dogs, Ga. police say
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Yahoo! News ^
| November 29, 2022 | WSBTV.com News Staff
A woman is in the hospital after being shot several times inside her own home, according to Flowery Branch police. Officers
say they were called to a home on Chattahoochee St. just after 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning where they found a woman with multiple gunshot wounds in the street. They were able to apply a tourniquet to the woman and send her to the hospital. She is currently listed as stable. Investigators quickly identified Fonda Spratt, 56, as the shooter and took her into custody. Detectives learned that Spratt walked into the victim’s home and confronted her about barking...
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VIDEO: Police looking for shooters who injured two minors, killed dog in Prince George's County
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WMAR2news ^
| 05 06 2022 | Staff
Police released video of a shooting in Prince George's County where a young boy and a teenager were shot. The
shooting happened around 6:20 p.m. in the City of District Heights. The video shows a a dark van and a second dark vehicle stopping in the street near a group that is hanging out. Several people from those cars then fired shots at the group before driving off. A young boy and a teen were injured in the shooting, and a dog was killed. The minors are expected to survive. “Opening fire on a group of children and teens with...
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Seattle Officer Fatally Shoots Man Who Stabbed Police Dog, Authorities Say
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Oregon Live ^
| Jan. 05, 2022
Seattle police say an officer shot and killed a man suspected of burglary after the man stabbed a police dog. The
Seattle Police Department said on their online blotter that a South Seattle resident called 911 at about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday about a man with a knife breaking into their home. An officer with a police dog responded, saw the person suspected in the incident and started chasing him on foot, police said.The police dog engaged with the person on the 6700 block of Swift Avenue South, police said. The suspect fatally stabbed the dog and injured an officer in...
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Portland sees nine shootings in 16-hour span; service dog killed, police say
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Fox ^
| 01 September 2021 | Louis Casiano
Portland saw nine shootings in a span of 16 hours that saw two people seriously injured and a service animal killed amid a bloody night of violence that drained police resources, authorities said. The
first shooting occurred just after 12:10pm Tuesday when officers responded to reports of shots fired on Southeast Cooper Street. Multiple bullet casings were found in a homeless encampment area ... ...Another shooting around 5:50pm also failed to yield any victims. At 7:40pm, officers responded to Southeast 122nd Avenue where multiple bullet casings were found. The intended victim was found uninjured but his service dog was fatally...
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Cleveland police investigating after man shoots, kills dog that was attacking his pregnant girlfriend
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news5cleveland.com ^
| 12 July, 2020 | Camryn Justice
CLEVELAND — Cleveland police are investigating after a man shot and killed a dog after it attacked his pregnant girlfriend while she was taking it on a walk Saturday evening. Around
6:44 p.m., officers responded to the 9200 block of Rosalind Avenue after receiving a call that a woman had been attacked by a pit bull, police said. Once on scene, officers found that a 31-year-old woman was being transported by EMS to University Hospitals in serious condition and saw the dog lying lifeless in the street, according to police. The woman’s boyfriend told police that he had shot and...
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Arlington Police Officer Shoots, Kills Woman While Firing Gun At Loose Dog
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CBS NEWS ^
| AUG 2, 2019 | CBS
ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – An Arlington Police officer shot and killed a woman at Cantor and Collins in North Arlington around 5:30 p.m. Thursday. He was apparently shooting at a loose dog coming towards him, when the woman lying in the grass was struck. The
officer was not hurt. Arlington police officers, the Arlington Fire Department and EMS were dispatched to a welfare check in which the caller reported that a woman was passed out in a grassy area near Cantor Drive and N. Collins Street. As the officer began to approach what appeared to be a woman lying in...
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A Texas officer kills a woman while shooting at an unrestrained dog, police say
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CNN ^
| Aug. 2, 2019 | Faith Karimi
A Texas police officer trying to shoot at a barking dog killed the woman he was there to help during a welfare check, authorities say. A
caller reported a woman passed out in a grassy area in Arlington on Thursday evening. Arlington police officers, the fire department and EMS were dispatched to the scene to conduct a welfare check, officials said. When the officer approached the woman, he noticed an unrestrained dog nearby, the Arlington Police Department said in a statement.
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Rapid City officer shoots, kills dog that attacked police K9
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ksfyABC ^
| July 24, 2018 | staff
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Father Kills Son in Shootout Over Who Would Walk Dog: Police
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NBC Chicago ^
| April 9, 2017 | Shelby Bremer
A man shot and killed his 22-year-old son after an argument over who would walk a dog escalated into a shootout Sunday morning on Chicago's Far South Side, police said. Officers
responded to a call of a person shot at a home in the 9100 block of S. Woodlawn Ave. at about 8:20 a.m. in the city's Burnside neighborhood.
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Sixth Circuit Court: Police Can Shoot Dogs For Nothing More Than Barking
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reason.com ^
| 12/22/2016 | C.J. Ciaramella
When is it constitutional for a police officer to shoot a dog during a raid? Any
time it moves or barks, according to a federal appeals court. In a ruling released Monday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found Battle Creek, Mich. police officers were justified in shooting two pit bulls while executing a search warrant for drugs on the home of Mark and Cheryl Brown in 2013. The Brown's sued the police department in 2015, arguing the killing of their dogs violated their constitutional rights. The ruling creates a similar legal standard in the Sixth Circuit—which includes Michigan, Ohio,...
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Long Beach (CA) Police Dog Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting
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KTLA.com ^
| 6/28/2016 | CINDY VON QUEDNOW AND SARA WELCH
A police dog died after an officer-involved shooting in Long Beach Tuesday morning, officials said. Long
Beach police officers were in the 2800 block of East 15th Street about 9 a.m. investigating a man wanted in connection with an assault with a deadly weapon case. Police surrounded an apartment complex in the area and a shooting occurred, police spokeswoman Sgt. Cynthia Arrona said.
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Police Shoot Aggressive (pit bull) Dog in Bradford County
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| 10/21 2015 12:05AM | By Amy Simpson
<p>BRADFORD COUNTY, Pa. (18 NEWS)-Pennsylvania State Police tonight say they had to fatally shoot a dog in Bradford County.</p> <p>The incident happened October 15th at a property on Route 220 in Monroe Township.</p> <p>Police responded after it was reported that three vicious dogs were running loose in the lawn.</p>
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Okmulgee County family searches for answers after Morris police officer shoots, kills dog
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KRJH (Morris, OK) ^
An Okmulgee County family turned to 2 Works for You for answers after their dog was shot and killed by a Morris police officer. *WARNING:
Watch the video in the player above, unedited, but it does contain content that could be considered disturbing.* On September 27, Jeana was out of town and her kids were staying with family in Morris. Her dog, Leesie, was at a neighbor's home when something went terribly wrong. READ OFFICER NARRATIVE HERE Leesie had been locked inside the house. But, at some point, the front door was kicked in during a burglary attempt, ultimately letting...
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U.S. Mint Police Reportedly Shoot Dog Following Hermann Street Attac
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Hoodline ^
| Tue. July 21, 2015
At least one dog was reportedly shot by U.S. Mint police following what is described as an attack this morning before 7am. Witness
and former Hoodline contributor Meaghan C., who was chased by the dogs moments before they were shot, recounted her experience this morning to Hoodline: "I was running to the gym around 5:45am this morning. When I turned onto Hermann from Webster two pit bulls started chasing after me. I was caught off guard and ran into the street but they didn't follow me. It looked like the two dogs — one was white, the other darker (maybe...
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Richmond Police Officer Shoots K-9 After Dog Bites Him: Police
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NBC Bay Area ^
| Jun 23, 2015 | Riya Bhattacharjee
A Richmond police officer shot one of the department's K-9 officers on Tuesday morning after the dog bit him, authorities said. Sgt.
Nicole Abetkov said the act was in self-defense. She said the dog, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, bit the officer just before 7 a.m. in the parking lot of the Richmond Police Department. The K-9’s handler left his car with the dog still in it to go inside the station for a meeting, police said. The dog somehow got out of the car and bit another police officer in civilian clothes. The officer who was attacked, a four-year veteran...
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Columbus police officer injures 4-year-old while shooting at dog
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Columbus Dispatch ^
| 6/20/2015 | Earl Reinhart
A Columbus police officer accidentally wounded a 4-year-old girl in Whitehall on Friday when he fired at a charging dog, police said. A
neighbor and the girl’s uncle identified her as Ava Ellis, who was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where police said she was in stable condition. The officer was at a house in the 4100 block of Chandler Drive investigating a hit-and-run case about 3:10 p.m., Columbus police spokeswoman Denise Alex-Bouzounis said. As the officer was walking from the home to his patrol car, a woman a few houses away called out to him, saying her sister and...
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Proposed Law Would Let Police Enter Homes Without Warrants And Shoot Dogs
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Mint Press News ^
| March 9, 2015 | Jackson Marciana
A new bill has been proposed which would allow police officers to enter any home, regardless of whether or not they have a warrant, if there is a pit bull on the property. Even
worse, the bill would allow officers to shoot and kill the dog if only a handful of conditions were met. The Huffington Post reported that measure would make Mississippi the only state in history with a policy against a specific dog breed. House Bill 1261 not only says police may enter homes without warrants, but they could actually kill the animal if they determine the dogs...
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Police officer, aiming for dog, accidentally shoots his sergeant in Brooklyn, New York
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ABC 30 ^
| February 18, 2015
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- A police officer accidentally shot his sergeant after firing at a pit bull inside a Brooklyn apartment building. The
shots were fired after New York City Police officers responded to a report of an assault inside the apartment building on Kings Highway at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night. The officers were in the hallway when a pit bull mix was let out of one of the apartments. The dog charged at them, according to police, and the officer fired a shot at the dog. The shot grazed the dog, possibly ricocheted off a wall, and then struck...
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Texas police officer cleared of shooting, killing dog
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Houston Chronicle ^
| 12-22-14 | Joshua Fechter
An officer for the Cleburne Police Department shown on video shooting and killing a dog in August was justified in taking that action, an independent investigator hired by the department found. Officer
Kevin Dupre was placed on paid administrative leave after video of the Aug. 10 shooting surfaced in October, according to NBC 5. City officials brought in Alan Patton, a retired police sergeant who did not serve in Cleburne, to conduct an independent investigation.
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Cleburne police investigating after video shows officer coaxing, shooting dog
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Dallas Morning News ^
| October 17, 2014 | Julie Fancher
Cleburne police are investigating after a video circulated online of one of its officers coaxing a dog toward him before shooting it. The
short video, taken from a body camera’s perspective, shows a man’s arms wielding a handgun while the officer summons two dogs toward him. As the animals approached with their tails wagging, the officer fired several times. As one of the dogs fell to the ground, the officer, who has not been identified, took aim at the second dog. The video ends abruptly, before showing what happened to the other dog. Although the video shows that the animals...
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