Animal Care Services issued six citations to the owner of three dogs involved in a fight with a San Antonio police K-9 officer, which ultimately led to the K-9 being accidentally shot and killed by its handler.
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Read full article: How far will your child get in life? Depends on what city district they live in, report shows1 hour agoSee these super helpful Insider Deals for beauty and around the houseThe San Antonio Police Department said an off-duty officer shot and killed his K-9 while attempting to stop a dog fight on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.–
ACS said the owner was cited with two counts each of a dog roaming off property, a dog damaging private property, and failure to prevent an owned dog from biting another animal. Fines are set by the court and can range up to $2,000.The incident happened around noon on Saturday in the 9300 block of Lands Point Street.
The K-9′s handler — an SAPD officer who was off-duty at the time — was not able to separate the dogs from fighting. Police said he fired multiple shots at his neighbor’s dogs to stop the attack.The officer took the K-9 to a nearby veterinary clinic, where it was pronounced dead. One of the neighbor’s dogs also died.that their other dog is still at the veterinary clinic, and they “don’t know if she’s going to make it.”“There was no dogs whining, no barking, no nothing,” Harris said.
“My husband ran over there and started calling our dogs, like ‘come back, come back,’ and then the shots rang out,” Harris said. “It’s an unfortunate situation that didn’t have to happen.”The officer was placed on administrative duty. SAPD’s Shooting Team and Internal Affairs Unit are both investigating the incident.Rebecca Salinas is the Digital Executive Producer at KSAT 12 News. A San Antonio native, Rebecca is an award-winning journalist who joined KSAT in 2019.
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