This Week in Puppycide: 09/23/17

• ATTEMPTED | Long Beach, MS (19/15/17): Officer investigating an attempted burglary is allegedly attacked by a “pit bull”, fends it off once, then shoots the animal in the paw when it “charg[es]” a second time. Owners took dog to vet for treatment. Despite no non-lethal weapons used and the discharge of five rounds in a residential neighborhood over a dog, the police chief calls the shooting justified.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• POSSIBLY JUSTIFIED | New York City, NY (19/16/17): “Pit bull” suddenly attacks its owner during a walk, then attacks her friend who tried to help; officer arrives and shoots the dog dead. Victims taken to the hospital. Witnesses say the shooting was justified. (The below-linked Facebook post says police tried to use a Taser, but I see no mention of that in the report.)
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• UNCLEAR | Enid, OK (09/18/17): Cop responds to man being attacked by three “vicious dogs”, shoots one that gets away and injures three people (including self and dog attack victim) when shotgun blast ricochets.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Troutman, NC (09/18/17): Cop serving warrant knocks on door; boy opens and family labrador rushes out, barking; cop tells family to get the dog, then shoots & kills her. No nonlethal weaponry used. Bodycam video cuts off before shooting.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• ATTEMPTED, POSSIBLY JUSTIFIED | Los Angeles, CA (09/19/17): Police respond to “pack” of loose German shepherds attacking people on the street after escaping their fenced yard; they try to corral the dogs and shoot one, though it survives. Neighbors say the dogs had never been aggressive before.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• And finally, JUSTIFIED | Rogers County, OK (09/20/17): Rabid pit bull attacks owners, severely injuring them and pinning them in their home; deputy responds, hesitates to harm the dog, but has no choice but to shoot it dead when it keeps attacking its family.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

If you hear of any police-related pet shootings I haven’t mentioned, you can leave them in the comments or send them in.