Anti Federalist
10-09-2013, 05:21 AM
Answers?
The answer, Ross family, is simple:
Officer Safety was ensured.
Policy was followed.
Whitesboro Police Officer Shoots Dog While Investigating Complaint
Posted: Oct 03, 2013 11:11 PM EDT
By Alex Belser, Reporter - email
http://www.kten.com/story/23606582/whitesboro-police-officer-shoots-dog-after-getting-complaint
http://kten.images.worldnow.com/images/23606582_BG2.jpg
WHITESBORO, TX -- A Texoma family is looking for answers after they found their pet dog dead in the road, killed by a police officer.
This isn't the first time police have received complaints about this dog running loose. The officer claims it was self defense, but the family says the bullet holes tell a different story.
For two years, a black lab named Daisy was the pride and joy of a Whitesboro couple, growing up alongside their new baby.
"My daughter called me screaming hysterically, and I got in the car and drove back over here and when I got here, of course Daisy was in the road, bleeding, she was already dead, and the officer and the chief of police were standing out here," says witness Rhonda Ludlam.
Police say around noon Saturday, an officer responded to a complaint of an animal roaming at large on Brookshear Lane, and when he stepped on to the curb, the dog jumped off the porch.
"He retreated into the middle of the road to try to get away from the dog," says Police Chief Scott Taylor. "The dog continued after him, to attack him. The officer had no choice but to discharge his firearm. He did fire four shots of two-round bursts each time to stop the dog attack."
Owner Blake Ross says when he left to go around the corner with his wife to see Ludlam, who is his mother-in-law, at her house, the dog was across the street playing with neighbors' kids.
"The officer said that she tried to lunge at him, which was inconsistent with the bullet wounds. All the bullet wounds were in the side, and one I believe right through here, in the back of the head," says Ross.
The family says they're still upset about coming home to find the dog shot dead in the middle of the street, but police say the officer felt he had to shoot for his own safety.
"You've got to shoot until the dog's quit. You understand that a dog coming at you, you're not just gonna shoot once, you've gotta shoot until the dog stops," says Taylor.
"Before I even got out of the car when we stopped, the officer had his Taser out, why? You can pull your Taser that quickly on me, but you can't pull it on my dog?" says Ross.
Meantime, the family says they still have questions about the incident. "I don't know where they're getting that four at, we have the bullet casings and there was five," says Ludlam. 'This dog was not aggressive at all! She ran up and down this street. Two-year-old kids in diapers climbed on her back."
The family says the complaints started when Daisy went to the bathroom on a neighbor's lawn. Neighbors tell us they'd seen her running free on the street. The family buried Daisy and got a new dog.
The answer, Ross family, is simple:
Officer Safety was ensured.
Policy was followed.
Whitesboro Police Officer Shoots Dog While Investigating Complaint
Posted: Oct 03, 2013 11:11 PM EDT
By Alex Belser, Reporter - email
http://www.kten.com/story/23606582/whitesboro-police-officer-shoots-dog-after-getting-complaint
http://kten.images.worldnow.com/images/23606582_BG2.jpg
WHITESBORO, TX -- A Texoma family is looking for answers after they found their pet dog dead in the road, killed by a police officer.
This isn't the first time police have received complaints about this dog running loose. The officer claims it was self defense, but the family says the bullet holes tell a different story.
For two years, a black lab named Daisy was the pride and joy of a Whitesboro couple, growing up alongside their new baby.
"My daughter called me screaming hysterically, and I got in the car and drove back over here and when I got here, of course Daisy was in the road, bleeding, she was already dead, and the officer and the chief of police were standing out here," says witness Rhonda Ludlam.
Police say around noon Saturday, an officer responded to a complaint of an animal roaming at large on Brookshear Lane, and when he stepped on to the curb, the dog jumped off the porch.
"He retreated into the middle of the road to try to get away from the dog," says Police Chief Scott Taylor. "The dog continued after him, to attack him. The officer had no choice but to discharge his firearm. He did fire four shots of two-round bursts each time to stop the dog attack."
Owner Blake Ross says when he left to go around the corner with his wife to see Ludlam, who is his mother-in-law, at her house, the dog was across the street playing with neighbors' kids.
"The officer said that she tried to lunge at him, which was inconsistent with the bullet wounds. All the bullet wounds were in the side, and one I believe right through here, in the back of the head," says Ross.
The family says they're still upset about coming home to find the dog shot dead in the middle of the street, but police say the officer felt he had to shoot for his own safety.
"You've got to shoot until the dog's quit. You understand that a dog coming at you, you're not just gonna shoot once, you've gotta shoot until the dog stops," says Taylor.
"Before I even got out of the car when we stopped, the officer had his Taser out, why? You can pull your Taser that quickly on me, but you can't pull it on my dog?" says Ross.
Meantime, the family says they still have questions about the incident. "I don't know where they're getting that four at, we have the bullet casings and there was five," says Ludlam. 'This dog was not aggressive at all! She ran up and down this street. Two-year-old kids in diapers climbed on her back."
The family says the complaints started when Daisy went to the bathroom on a neighbor's lawn. Neighbors tell us they'd seen her running free on the street. The family buried Daisy and got a new dog.