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10-28-2014, 11:19 AM
Police officer kills dog while chasing driver of stolen car
Posted: October 28, 2014 - 8:57am
http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2014-10-28/police-officer-kills-dog-while-chasing-driver-stolen-car
An Amarillo police officer shot and killed an aggressive dog while chasing a woman who bolted from a stolen car Monday night in the area of Northwest Ninth Avenue and North Florida Street.
About 11:15 p.m., an officer tried to stop a red Honda Civic reported stolen out of Dumas last week near the Ninth and Florida intersection, police said.
The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Ashleigh Daniels, 25, refused to stop and a short chase ensued. Daniels and three male passengers abandoned the car in front of a home at 210 N. Virginia St. and they were chased through the back yard, where Daniels was caught and detained, police said.
The three men who also ran from the car escaped.
During the chase, a dog in the back yard attacked an officer, and the officer was afraid the dog was going to attack Daniels, police said.
The officer fired two rounds at the dog and killed it.
No one else was injured in this incident, police said.
Daniels was booked into Potter County jail on charges of evading in a motor vehicle, evading on foot, two warrants out of Potter County for endangering a child and one local traffic warrant.
Additional charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and possession of identifying information charges are pending, police said.
Posted: October 28, 2014 - 8:57am
http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2014-10-28/police-officer-kills-dog-while-chasing-driver-stolen-car
An Amarillo police officer shot and killed an aggressive dog while chasing a woman who bolted from a stolen car Monday night in the area of Northwest Ninth Avenue and North Florida Street.
About 11:15 p.m., an officer tried to stop a red Honda Civic reported stolen out of Dumas last week near the Ninth and Florida intersection, police said.
The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Ashleigh Daniels, 25, refused to stop and a short chase ensued. Daniels and three male passengers abandoned the car in front of a home at 210 N. Virginia St. and they were chased through the back yard, where Daniels was caught and detained, police said.
The three men who also ran from the car escaped.
During the chase, a dog in the back yard attacked an officer, and the officer was afraid the dog was going to attack Daniels, police said.
The officer fired two rounds at the dog and killed it.
No one else was injured in this incident, police said.
Daniels was booked into Potter County jail on charges of evading in a motor vehicle, evading on foot, two warrants out of Potter County for endangering a child and one local traffic warrant.
Additional charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and possession of identifying information charges are pending, police said.