What, people can't run around outdoors anymore?
“The dog owner was cited for running at large,” Lawton Animal Welfare’s Field Supervisor Roy Rodrick said. .......
Strange that the dogs owner wasn’t shot for running at large. Lucky for him he didn’t get shot.
If read as written, apparently not. Or possibly the writer believes that the pitbull is its own owner. This is the sort of grammar that is produced when the “talent”, hired for looks, does his or her own writing.