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Police: Rookie Texas officer shoots at dog, kills woman
Updated 11:13 pm CDT, Friday, August 2, 2019
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) A rookie Texas police officer accidentally shot and killed a woman behind a shopping plaza when he fired repeatedly at a dog believed to be hers that was running at him, authorities said Friday.
The officer in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, who was released from supervised duty on July 1, responded to a welfare check Thursday about a woman who appeared to be passed out in a grassy area behind the plaza. Footage from the officer's body-worn camera released Friday shows the officer walking along a sidewalk and calling out, "Hello. Are you OK?"
The woman replies, "Yeah, I'm fine." A dog approaches and the officer asks, "Is that your dog?"
As the barking dog runs toward him, the officer yells, "Get back!" He begins to back up and then fires three shots. The woman screams, "Oh, my God!" and continues to cry out.
Police Chief Will Johnson said at a news conference that the dog, which he described as a Labrador mix, weighed about 40 pounds. Investigators think the dog belonged to the woman, who the Tarrant County medical examiner's office identified as 30-year-old Margarita Victoria Brooks.
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Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Bluepinky
(2,276 posts)Hes deathly afraid of a 40 lb dog? Police officers are trained to shoot at dogs now? Not to mention he has terrible aim. Hope this guys stint as a police officer is over, he cant be trusted with a gun.
Saw the video, the dog looks under 40 lbs. Something is wrong with a police officer afraid of and shooting at a small barking dog, whether it was running towards him or not.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Contact with dogs, puppies, cats, humans can best be avoided by preemptively discharging a firearm
Coventina
(27,172 posts)n/t
cwydro
(51,308 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Who do you call when something bad happens in your neighborhood?
Coventina
(27,172 posts)in protecting their bad apples.
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dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Everything about this call is an absolute tragedy, Arlington police chief Will Johnson said at a news conference Friday.