MelissaWV
06-17-2010, 05:41 PM
With all the LEO threads around, I feel this definitely belongs.
A K9 officer unleashed a big problem when his German Shepherd attacked the wrong person... a person was barely bigger than the dog who bit him.
According to police, Cpl. Tim Durst was responding to a burglary call in Northwest Gainesville where 3 juveniles had reportedly broken into a house when he spotted 10-year old Bryce Bates and thought he was a suspect.
Officials say Durst called to Bryce to stop running, and when he didn't, Durst released his K-9. But... Bryce wasn't the suspect. Lt. Larry Seale says the department is reviewing the incident like they do with-- as Seale says-- all excessive force cases.
Bryce was treated for the bites at Shands UF.
Interestingly, there's more to this story (in case you were thinking there was a good reason to suspect the child).
http://www.wcjb.com/news/7104/k-9-attacks-kid
Watch the video. The person who reported the crime? Well, there wasn't a crime at all. Oops.
A K9 officer unleashed a big problem when his German Shepherd attacked the wrong person... a person was barely bigger than the dog who bit him.
According to police, Cpl. Tim Durst was responding to a burglary call in Northwest Gainesville where 3 juveniles had reportedly broken into a house when he spotted 10-year old Bryce Bates and thought he was a suspect.
Officials say Durst called to Bryce to stop running, and when he didn't, Durst released his K-9. But... Bryce wasn't the suspect. Lt. Larry Seale says the department is reviewing the incident like they do with-- as Seale says-- all excessive force cases.
Bryce was treated for the bites at Shands UF.
Interestingly, there's more to this story (in case you were thinking there was a good reason to suspect the child).
http://www.wcjb.com/news/7104/k-9-attacks-kid
Watch the video. The person who reported the crime? Well, there wasn't a crime at all. Oops.