Posted on 06/30/2023 1:27:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Shelbyville family said it’s a miracle their dog is alive after a police officer shot him multiple times.
The sound of gunfire and the emotional aftermath was all caught on surveillance video at the family’s home.
“He literally barked, and he was gunned down,” Chelsey Crawford recalled.
In only a matter of seconds, what started as a night of celebration took a horrific turn. The family dog, 3-year-old Chapo, was shot four times, according to Crawford.
“He took every bullet that that officer let out. He has every bullet inside of him still,” she said.
WATCH: Shelbyville family left with questions after officer shoots dog Crawford told News 2 it’s a miracle that Chapo survived: “Especially a gunshot to the head, and he’s here. My baby is a fighter.”
However, Crawford said her family is traumatized. Now, with her four-legged baby by her side, the Shelbyville woman has a list of questions regarding why this happened.
“I am livid,” she said. “I am beyond livid.”
The Shelbyville Police Department told News 2 that officers were responding to a complaint about kids knocking on doors and ringing doorbells. When they showed up at Crawford’s home just before 4 a.m. on Sunday, June 25, authorities said Chapo aggressively lunged at them.
Crawford has denied that claim, adding, “If he really lunged at you, I’m sure your partner, as your partner is supposed to have your back, she would have shot him too, but she never did. It was just a bark.”
Five kittens found abandoned outside Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Surveillance footage captured audio from the moment Chapo came out the door to when the shots were fired less than 10 seconds later. In the video, you can hear Crawford greet police and then warn of Chapo’s presence.
“He says, ‘Chapo come here,’ and that’s when I say, ‘Hey, hold on just a second, you know, like, my dog,’ and then that’s when it happened, that’s when he started shooting,” Crawford recalled.
The Shelbyville woman described it as a terrifying sight, with her children and friends just feet from the gunfire.
“To shoot like that, in front of civilians, you’re putting your own life in danger, our lives in danger, my children’s lives in danger, because of what? A bark?” Crawford questioned, describing the officer’s actions as reckless.
Chapo has been the family dog since he was a pup. According to Crawford, he is trained to bark when strangers enter their property.
“He’s so loving, he’s so sweet, he would not hurt anybody,” she said.
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Crawford said that police still haven’t reached out with an explanation of why they came to her home, an apology for the shooting, or an offer to help cover Chapo’s vet bills.
“We just want answers, and obviously justice for Chapo, as well,” Crawford stated.
The Shelbyville Police Department’s deputy chief told News 2 authorities have reviewed body camera footage of the incident, calling it an unfortunate situation. However, Crawford still wants to see that video, which News 2 has requested.
Meanwhile, the Crawford family said Chapo’s vet bills have already surpassed $7,000, and that’s before any recommended surgeries. A GoFundMe account has been set up to help with the medical costs.
Her *baby*?
No, it’s her dog, even if she is very attached to it.
Another in Houston
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/k9-dog-dies-hot-patrol-car-houston-police-department/
Someone who picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.
https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-prison-guard-death-k9-hot-car/
And another, left for 4 hours. Makes me sick.
All this after I read a week back or so about a man being arrested for leaving his dog in a locked car for 4 minutes while dropping off laundry.
From pics it “appears” to be a pit or pit mix, IMO
POS jack-booted thug.
Supercop mentality, which I know all too well from close association over a number of years.
Subjects who aren’t cops, or close relatives of cops, or protected “friends” of cops (that was me), aren’t entitled to pets. Or their property, or their freedom, or much of anything else.
In such cases instant euthanasia of pets on any pretense is unwritten policy.
It is a challenge for me to not treat the "fur baby" folks the same as the penised "I'm a woman" folks. Mental illness it is.
Lighten up folks. At one time or another my motorcycles, trucks, guns, and maybe even tools have been referred to as “my Baby.” Especially if I built them. One gets close to things one spends a lot of time with.
Don’t insult a sailor’s ship ...
It looks like a pitbull or Staffordshire terrier. Either way I’ll reserve judgment until the video comes out.
2 Samuel 12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Police shoot dogs out of jealousy. Pigs are smarter than dogs but dogs are man’s best friend. Anyone who still backs the blue just needs more time to deal with the blue.
Amen. Years ago my Father's Day gift was a tee-shirt that said " I love dogs. People, not so much".
I have been treated poorly by, abandoned by and lied to by people, relatives and family. NEVER by one of my dogs.
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