ST. LOUIS, MI -A local family is still shocked
after what happened to their beloved pet. They say their dog was shot
and killed at the hands of a police officer.The shooting happened Saturday in St. Louis, Mich., in Gratiot County.Lori Walmsley, a neighbor of the family who lost their pet, says she saw the incident.Walmsley says she was outside playing with
her own dog when her neighbor's golden retriever, Scout, ran over into
her yard. She says she called the dog over to play, which Scout did, and
then Scout ran back over back into his own yard. That's when Walmsley
says a police officer showed up.Walmsley said the officer asked if the was
dog hers. She said "no," but told the officer Scout wasn't dangerous.
She says the officer tried to catch the dog, who apparently didn't want
to be caught. The dog tried to run away and when cornered by the
officer, let out a little growl. Walmsley says she couldn't believe what
happened next."I heard 'pop pop pop pop pop,' and I
thought, 'what is going on,' and I [saw] the St. Louis Police Department
standing over my dog," said Scout's owner."He just started shooting him, he just kept
shooting him in the head," said Walmsley. "I said, 'What are you doing?
He's just a puppy!'"The dog was taken to the vet were it later died.The witness says the officer wasn't provoked
and she doesn't feel his reaction was warranted. Scout's owners were
inside their house during the incident.

Her is an email from the chief:
Wow is all I can say. Your general statement to all says you publish
strong cases supported by third-party witnesses or other compelling
evidence. You need to get the incident report/investigation from the
independent agency, (Michigan State Police) that I by the way requested
be done less then 12 hours after the incident. All you have is the
words of a so called witness that changed her story several times and
only said, the vicious things she said after the TV camera was in her
face. I could and at some time will tell this whole story, but in the
meantime I will stand by the officer making the right decision under the
circumstances and the Investigation done by the Michigan State Police
and the decision of our county Prosecutor. I now have zero respect for
anything you put in print when I have first hand knowledge that you do
absolutely no investigation before you print your vicious hate toward
public servants.

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