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Anti Federalist
04-10-2013, 09:53 PM
Something isn't adding up here.

You don't touch an enforcer's weapon and not get arrested.



Horry County police shoot woman’s dog during civil complaint at apartment complex

Published: April 10, 2013

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/04/10/3429984/horry-county-police-shoot-womans.html

By Tonya Root — troot@thesunnews.com

MYRTLE BEACH — Horry County police shot a woman’s dog after officers said it charged at them twice and bit one officer’s foot, according to a police report.

Horry County police were called about 5:15 a.m. Tuesday to an apartment at 913 Marshfield Circle for a civil complaint between two roommates regarding the electricity being turned off, according to the report. The dog’s owner was arguing with her roommate because he shut off the power to their apartment.

When the officer’s arrived, one officer knocked on the door and heard a dog barking, according to the report. When the dog owner opened the door, the dog, a black flat haired retriever that weighed about 100 pounds, charged out into the breezeway and attacked one of the officers.

The officer wrote in the report the dog bit the other officer’s foot, while he yelled for the woman to get her dog, but the dog continued and ignored “any verbal or physical attempts of the complaint to restrain it,” according to the report.

The officer tried to draw his gun, but was unable to do so because the woman “pushed down on his holster,” according to the report. The other officer asked the woman to restrain her dog and the dog ran back into the open door of the apartment for a few seconds before it ran back out into the breezeway.

The other officer took his gun and shot the dog once in the head, which killed it, according to the report. The officers did not suffer any injuries during the incident and they called Horry County Environmental Services to take the dog for proper disposal.

Horry County police Sgt. Robert Kegler said the incident was closed and not under investigation.

The dog’s owner could not be immediately reached Wednesday for comment.

Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/04/10/3429984/horry-county-police-shoot-womans.html#storylink=cpy

The Goat
04-10-2013, 10:26 PM
Maybe the other cop though the dog touched the gun? She's a lucky one in any case.

kcchiefs6465
04-10-2013, 10:55 PM
Something isn't adding up here.

You don't touch an enforcer's weapon and not get arrested.

Very true.

Aside from that logical inconsistency, if the story played out as they claim, they are well within right. I would have shot the dog too.

kcchiefs6465
04-10-2013, 10:55 PM
Any word from the dog owner?

tod evans
04-11-2013, 07:13 AM
A dog barking or even nipping in defense of home in no way equates to viciousness!