The Post says unleashed. Other papers say leashed and say there is at least news pic of the dog lying dead on the sidewalk with its leash still on. And, is the agent that Muslim looking guy in the Post's photo? Just saying.
The dog started barking, and the startled agent pulled out his gun and shot her, police sources said.
The body of a female Belgian Shepard on the corner of Caton Pl. and E. 8th St. in Windsor Terrace is pictured after an off-duty Secret Service agent fatally shot the leashed pet.
The body of a female Belgian Shepard on the corner of Caton Pl. and E. 8th St. in Windsor Terrace is pictured after an off-duty Secret Service agent fatally shot the leashed pet. (Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News)
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.
Walter Blankinship, 51, the stable master at the nearby Kensington Stables, was across the street outside the stables when he heard the shot.
“There was a guy and a girl and another guy. A gunshot went off, just one, Blankinship said. “The (dogs owner) was cursing and ranting at the other man, I cant f-—ing believe you let the gun go off.
Police said the agent told investigators that the dog charged at him. And in a statement to The Daily Beast, the Secret Service alleged the dog was unleashed.
An off duty Secret Service employee was involved in the shooting of an unleashed dog in Brooklyn, NY this evening. As this is an ongoing NYPD investigation, the Secret Service will not have further comment,” the statement said.
In answer to a request from The Daily News to clarify the characterization of unleashed since The News has a photo of the dogs body at the scene with her leash still attached, a spokesman for the Secret Service said it will not have further comment.
“And, is the agent that Muslim looking guy in the Post’s photo? Just saying.”
No. He is the owner.