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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOff-duty Secret Service agent shoots and kills dog on a leash in Brooklyn (Trigger warning)
There is a pic on the website of the dog, leash still attached, lying under a cover. DO NOT click link if this will bother you (like it did me )
By KERRY BURKE and JOHN ANNESE
JAN 13, 2020 | 11:32 PM
An off-duty Secret Service agent fatally shot a dog being walked on a leash through a Brooklyn neighborhood Monday night, police sources and witnesses said.
The agent, whose name has not been released, was turning the corner from E. 8th St. onto Caton Place in Windsor Terrace about 9:45 p.m. when he came across a man and his girlfriend walking with a female Belgian Shepard.
The dog started barking, and the startled agent pulled out his gun and shot her, police sources said.
She scared a cop who was walking home, the visibly shaken dogs owner said as he covered his eyes. He shot her and shes dead.
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This pretty-much ruined my day...
mnhtnbb
(31,401 posts)I hope the owner presses charges.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Phoenix61
(17,015 posts)uponit7771
(90,359 posts)hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)That pit of my stomach is opening... I don't dare say more.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)It's news, though...
I hugged my pups right after reading it.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,402 posts)Coventina
(27,169 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)picture at the site shows the leash attached to the collar of the dog's body!!!!
LYING BASTARDS.
IcyPeas
(21,901 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)that the dog was leashed! Not looking for Nostradamus status, re: my original "lying bastards" statement, though!
MythosMaster
(445 posts)Ex secret service agent. If he is afraid of a leashed dog, he is unqualified to hold a weapon.
New Leaf
(20 posts)This is chilling and so wrong
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)Moral Compass
(1,525 posts)Even if the dog was in full attack mode, which I seriously doubt, it was on a leash.
This guy should lose his job for this.
Baitball Blogger
(46,756 posts)startled by smell of aggressive man. Dog murdered on the spot.
coti
(4,612 posts)Moral Compass
(1,525 posts)Read through the message thread. Initial official communication claimed dog was unleashedwhich tells me that there was an awareness that shooting a leashed dog would be pretty unacceptable. Then when the photo of the dogs cadaver clearly shows the dog is still wearing said leash the story had to be changed.
Im seeing strong evidence of another trigger happy, shoot first, ask questions later LEO. Albeit a federal one.
I think this story is yet another highlight of the problems inherent with having any group of people having a license to kill.
coti
(4,612 posts)Are you absolutely sure you have all of the needed information to draw a conclusion about exactly what happened here?
LuvNewcastle
(16,855 posts)Dog owners lose control of their pets all the time, especially if they're big dogs. There just isn't enough information here to make a judgement. I suspect that it will come down to the agent's word against the dog owner's and the agent will be given the benefit of the doubt. If there are other witnesses or cameras out there, circumstances might be different.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Would you shoot a dog, even one unleashed?
I've no sympathy for the killer - he was cowardly and wrong.
And yes, I've been bitten, in the face by a German Shepherd who put a tooth in my forehead and her lower jaw closed and hooked my upper lip, going up under my nose. I quickly forgave the dog after learning her background story; she had been abused and did not trust me petting her big pup. The relatively shallow bite was a warning because she could've done real damage.
I'd hate to see what this hair-triggered guy would do when faced with a suddenly loud human. He should not be carrying a weapon.
On edit: I looked up the Brooklyn address. My son lives about 1 mile from there and walks his dog over to the Park close by. He'd be livid if his dog were shot and would certainly press charges and sue.
woodsprite
(11,923 posts)When I fell on our walk, dislocating and breaking my shoulder. Shes a shepherd and I managed to get my phone out of my pocket and call my husband and daughter to come get her before calling the ambulance.
I hope they sue the pants off that guy. It could have bee a person coming around the corner that surprised him.
Bayard
(22,128 posts)Pulls out his gun and starts blasting away. Why can't this clearly unqualified guy be put in charge of tRump's detail?
Belgian Shepherds excel at police work. She wasn't lunging at this man, she was warning her mom and dad. Any dog could do that.
Can't click on link....don't want to see the pic.
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hunter
(38,325 posts)getagrip_already
(14,825 posts)He is just mental enough to try to pack the ss with goons he can send on special assignment, and whose only qualification is blind loyalty and racism.
That would explain the panic shot. Surprised he actually hit his target, unless he was aiming at one of the owners,