Or, the shooting was justified.
Instead he shot down at a relatively stationary target a foot away from his feet that was barking at him -- a much safer and guaranteed shot.
You keep writing this without a single cite to support this assertion. Please show where the dogs stopped a foot short of Gross and stood there barking at him.
Just because you're a terrible shot who couldn't hit a charging dog doesn't everyone shares your shortcomings. For all we know, Gross was a crack shot.
Right here in the story:
"Gross said he was across the street and the two dogs came charging towards him. He said he yelled for the dogs to get back, but they kept coming. Fearing for his safety, Gross told deputies he reached into his fanny pack and withdrew a .22 caliber pistol and fired one shot killing one of the dogs; the second dog fled.
How wide was that street for him to have the time to 1]notice the dogs charging toward him, 2]then yell at the dogs to get back [get back???], 3]then realize that they were not going to "get back", 4]then reach back and unzip his fanny pack and pull out his gun and grasp it properly so as to not shoot his own foot off, and then take careful aim at a moving dog and shoot him.
How long did it take him to do all of that????
How long did it take the dog to charge across the street???
How wide was that street???
Unless that dog stopped off at the Quick Shop for some bisquits along the way, he would have been on top of fanny pack man before he had a chance to spit out those words: "get back". And those are his words.