"Police cited them for failure to release the dog to animal control as required by law."
Real PR genuises here. It makes you wonder if they even care about the public.
Yeah, that caught my eye, too. Trespass, shoot the family dog, and then have the audacity to cite them. I might - might - let them slide on the first two, given they apologize profusely. But the citation would prompt the call to a lawyer.