Posted on 07/17/2012 9:41:26 PM PDT by Altariel
HENRICO, Va. --
A bereft Henrico County family says its son died near Cool Lane, robbed of his life and $15.
"He'd taken the bus up to my place to borrow the money last night; he just wanted a video or something," said Henry Hamiel.
Hamiel's nephew, Ricky Ellerbe, 33, turned up shot to death hours later, about eight blocks from his home and just yards from the all-night convenience store on Mechanicsville Turnpike that had been his destination.
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The unidentified officer and a detective had arrived at the home to notify family members that Ellerbe had been killed. His body was discovered shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday, face down near an alley.
The pitbull ran from the backyard of the home toward at least one officer, who pulled his weapon and shot the dog in the home's front yard, according to Ellerbe's sister, Latoya.
"They had told me my brother was dead and I'd come out back to cry on the porch and Tiger must have heard them. He ran into the front yard and the officer shot him," LaToya Ellerbe said.
(Excerpt) Read more at 2.timesdispatch.com ...
SYG against doggies?
This is how police should be responding to vicious dogs:
http://modifiedk9.blogspot.com/2012/05/police-respond-to-vicious-dog-in.html
RIP Tiger. This is a very sad case.
People are going to have to put NO POLICE ALLOWED signs on their property if they want to keep pets and family members alive.
ALL INTRUDERS MAY BE SHOT. ALL MEANS ALL.
Love the link. The stupid officer should have used common sense. If you don’t love dogs get off the force retard
When you click the link, the dog you see, is his tongue split?
It does not appear the tongue is split. I think the dog’s tongue is ruffled.
ping
You think people get upset when Bambi gets shot, imagine if it is Lassie or any favorite, famous dog getting blown away in her own yard.
Some stories need a video. Done well, this one goes viral.
...the family said “its” son died...
How about “their” son?
Both the pronoun and its antecedent are singular.
Where is PETA on all these dog shootings by cops?
Why are these cops shooting family pets?
“Your son is dead. OH LOOK, A DOG! QUICK, GET IT!”
That got me too. What grade level requirement is there for journalists and/or editors nowadays?
I’ve always backed away from dogs who show they don’t want me on their owner’s property. The dogs I own do the same. Once in a while an unsecured dog leaves its yard (irresponsible owner or owner just doesn’t care) and comes into the road or past the sidewalk. At what point is a police officer allowed to defend himself? After he has been bitten while the dog is away from the owner’s property? Should a police officer be required to first be bitten before he defends himself?
I can tell you that if I leave someone’s property because they have a dog that doesn’t want me there, and they’re not there to control it and it leaves the property to advance at me.....I shoot it.
Pit bulls and allies are 95% of the reason I carry.
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