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OMAHA, Neb. — The Omaha Police Department said it is conducting a safety review after a police officer shot a dog in the head Tuesday morning.

Police spokeswoman Sgt. Teresa Negron said the officer fired at least one shot after the dog charged at the officer, once before he got on the property, and again when he was leaving the home.

Negron said the officer was investigating the possibility of a stolen vehicle on the owner’s property.

The dog’s owner, Kenneth Loeffler, said the officer completely overreacted. Loeffler said he was in his basement with his dog, Hash, when he heard a knock at the door. He said Hash ran upstairs and out the back door to greet the guest. The next thing he heard were three shots.

“All I heard was gun shots and ran outside. I was thinking I got a drive-by. I honestly thought somebody was shooting at my cars,” said Loeffler.

He said he fixes cars for a living.

Loeffler said he got upstairs and saw an officer put away his gun in his holster. He saw Hash on the ground with a bullet in his head.

“It went in his head, out the back of his head, and back into his rib cage, now it’s lodged in his rib cage,” said Dr. Ernie Summers, a vet who cared for the dog.

“One bullet went into my Blazer — that’s 6-foot away from my baby’s crib. I got a 3-year-old and my wife and my 6-month-old were inside the house,” Loeffler said.

Another bullet hit his neighbor’s house.

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