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An ‘aggressive’ chihuahua was barking at a sheriff’s deputy. The officer opened fire.
An Arkansas sheriff’s deputy was fired after shooting a barking chihuahua in the head Friday, an incident officials labeled “disheartening.”
Faulkner County Sheriff Tim Ryals said in a statement Saturday that deputy Keenan Wallace had been terminated after it was determined there were “numerous opportunities to de-escalate the incident.”
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Cellphone video of the encounter shows Wallace opening fire on the dog — named Reese’s — within feet of its owner, Doug Canady. Police say the incident began following a call for service for an “aggressive” dog at Canady’s home.
Canady told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that police were called by a woman standing in the road in front of his home, who pointed a gun toward his property. When Canady told the woman to put the gun away, she complied but threatened to call authorities, he said.
He told the Democrat-Gazette that he began filming when Wallace arrived and began to approach his house.
The graphic video — which was posted to Canady’s Facebook page Friday and has been shared more than 40,000 times — shows two dogs barking and running near the deputy’s feet.
Wallace asks Canady to come to the road. He declines.
“Okay, I’m going to come to you,” Wallace tells Canady. “If the dog gets aggressive, I’m going to shoot.”
Reese’s can be seen walking toward Wallace while barking. Seconds later, the deputy pulls the trigger of his service weapon.
“Are you . . . kidding me?” Canady asks incredulously, using numerous expletives. He continues, “I just recorded you shooting that dog, in front of me, putting me in danger.”
“No, I didn’t,” Wallace replies. “The shot hit the dog, what I aimed at.”
An ‘aggressive’ chihuahua was barking at a sheriff’s deputy. The officer opened fire.
A chihuahua? I guess that chihuahua posed an imminent threat o hat officers life. Or even better yet, that chihuahua failed to comply with the officers command. Why if that chihuahua only knew how to act, I could have been spared getting shot.
When do we stop making excuses for these people?
An Arkansas sheriff’s deputy was fired after shooting a barking chihuahua in the head Friday, an incident officials labeled “disheartening.”
Faulkner County Sheriff Tim Ryals said in a statement Saturday that deputy Keenan Wallace had been terminated after it was determined there were “numerous opportunities to de-escalate the incident.”
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Cellphone video of the encounter shows Wallace opening fire on the dog — named Reese’s — within feet of its owner, Doug Canady. Police say the incident began following a call for service for an “aggressive” dog at Canady’s home.
Canady told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that police were called by a woman standing in the road in front of his home, who pointed a gun toward his property. When Canady told the woman to put the gun away, she complied but threatened to call authorities, he said.
He told the Democrat-Gazette that he began filming when Wallace arrived and began to approach his house.
The graphic video — which was posted to Canady’s Facebook page Friday and has been shared more than 40,000 times — shows two dogs barking and running near the deputy’s feet.
Wallace asks Canady to come to the road. He declines.
“Okay, I’m going to come to you,” Wallace tells Canady. “If the dog gets aggressive, I’m going to shoot.”
Reese’s can be seen walking toward Wallace while barking. Seconds later, the deputy pulls the trigger of his service weapon.
“Are you . . . kidding me?” Canady asks incredulously, using numerous expletives. He continues, “I just recorded you shooting that dog, in front of me, putting me in danger.”
“No, I didn’t,” Wallace replies. “The shot hit the dog, what I aimed at.”
An ‘aggressive’ chihuahua was barking at a sheriff’s deputy. The officer opened fire.
A chihuahua? I guess that chihuahua posed an imminent threat o hat officers life. Or even better yet, that chihuahua failed to comply with the officers command. Why if that chihuahua only knew how to act, I could have been spared getting shot.
When do we stop making excuses for these people?
