Part II Of Exclusive Interview With Cookeville Police Officer Eric Hall "Moments later one of the dogs, a boxer/bull terrier mix named Patton, jumped from the car."
That is a quote from Hall, hardly unbiased in this. He is spinning the story to make you believe the dog was something it wasn't. What if he said "Moments later one of the dogs, a Godzilla/Rodan mix named Patton, jumped from the car"? It still would not change Patton into a Godzilla/Rodan mix, just as him saying "boxer/bull terrrier mix" does not change Patton into a boxer/bull terrier.
Actually, it is a statement witten by a reporter, i.e., no quotes around it and no reference made to Hall or any other source. It is also spoke by a reporter in one of the video segments on the newschannel5 website, not as a quote of Hall, but as a fact. Maybe its wrong, I don't know, but other reporters write stories stating that the dog was a "1 1/2-year-old pit bull-boxer mix":
"I don't ever want to see this happen to anybody else. That's why we can't let this go away," said James Smoak, who owned the 1 1/2-year-old pit bull-boxer mix named Patton." Police shoot vacationing family's dog by mistake By JOHN GEROME, Associated Press Writer
'The governor said he was "disappointed" and "outraged" that the 1 1/2-year-old pit bull-boxer mix was killed as the Smoaks returned from a Nashville vacation to Saluda, N.C.' Tenn. governor apologizes to N.C. family over shooting of dog By COLIN FLY Associated Press Writer.