Cop Shoots Dog Hanging Out With Kids in the Face, Claims Self-Defense

Police in Hammond, Indiana, say they got a report
of a loose dog before a cop showed up at the home of the Maldonados
and shot their pitbull Lily while she was hanging out in the yard
during a barbecue. In fact, according to the mother, Norma, Lily
was following behind two of her sons who had just grabbed some food
when she heard shots fired.
My Fox Chicago reports:

Maldonado begged the officer to tell her why he shot the
dog.

“He said, ‘because your dog was loose,” she said. “And I said no
she’s not there’s an electrical fence, read the sign.”

The police department told a different story. Through a
statement they said the officer called to the family and the dog
charged at the officer.

He ran back 15 to 20 feet and the dog lunged at him, so he fired
the shot.

The statement continued: “The Hammond Police Department has
determined that based upon the circumstances that the officer was
justified in defending himself at the time of the incident.”

Maldonado said her dog did not lunge at the officer, adding that
Lily was shot at the edge of her home near a bush.

The home is a full car length from her invisible fence line.

“He had pepper spray, he had a Taser gun, he didn’t have to use
his gun with my kids in range,” added Maldonado.

After cops shot her dog and cleared themselves of any
wrongdoing, Maldonado will now have to go to court because her
invisible electrical fence is prohibited in the neighborhood.

h/t Jimmy