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No charges will be filed in connection with the fatal shooting of a dog by an Ambridge police officer, Beaver County District David Lozier said Friday.Lozier also said that he has handed over police footage from the incident to the Ambridge borough solicitor. “Why was the dog shot to begin with?” Ambridge resident Roger Preston said.Preston said he’s still confused and angry after the dog, found roaming the streets one week ago with only a leash, was killed by police hours after being taken into police custody.Police asked Lozier to review the incident.”Yesterday, I was provided with copies of witness statements, the police report, some Facebook screen captures, and the videos that were available of the incident,” Lozier said. “Reviewed all of those today, and it’s my conclusion that there’s no criminal action.” He said no charges will be brought against the officer involved.Lozier said the footage shows police going into the kennel when they were keeping the dog to reattach the dog’s leash in order to take it to the humane society.He said the dog became aggressive, so the police backed off.Lozier said a short time later, the dog got out of the kennel and eventually went back in on its own.Lozier said when an officer used a pole to close the kennel door behind the dog, the dog became aggressive a second time.“It’s very clear that the dog became aggressive, and the dog attacked the officer. The officer is retreating as fast as he can from the approaching dog and fires at the last second in an effort to prevent himself from being mauled,” Lozier said.After that first shot, Lozier said police thought the dog was dead. They covered its body with cardboard, while arranging a plan to get the dog’s body to the humane society.“When they go to move the cardboard that’s covering the dog, the dog is moving, so then the police start making calls to the humane society, and they talked to them, and at least one vet, maybe two, and asked where can we take this dog to get treatment, and they were advised by a vet and the humane society, euthanize a dog. So, then they euthanize the dog,” Lozier said.That footage is now in the hands of the borough’s solicitor.“I think the more that they can release to the public, the better off it will be, regardless of whether the dog attacked the officer, or the officer was approaching the dog in a and humane manner maybe,” Preston said.Lozier said the dog’s owner has not come forward.“The dog clearly had just given birth. There was no license. It hadn’t been receiving proper medical care. Where was the owner?” Lozier said.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reached out to the Beaver County Humane Society. They said after Lozier’s decision not to charge, they consider this matter settled and said they will continue to work collaboratively with the Ambridge Police Department.
No charges will be filed in connection with the fatal shooting of a dog by an Ambridge police officer, Beaver County District David Lozier said Friday.
Lozier also said that he has handed over police footage from the incident to the Ambridge borough solicitor.
“Why was the dog shot to begin with?” Ambridge resident Roger Preston said.
Preston said he’s still confused and angry after the dog, found roaming the streets one week ago with only a leash, was killed by police hours after being taken into police custody.
Police asked Lozier to review the incident.
“Yesterday, I was provided with copies of witness statements, the police report, some Facebook screen captures, and the videos that were available of the incident,” Lozier said. “Reviewed all of those today, and it’s my conclusion that there’s no criminal action.”
He said no charges will be brought against the officer involved.
Lozier said the footage shows police going into the kennel when they were keeping the dog to reattach the dog’s leash in order to take it to the humane society.
He said the dog became aggressive, so the police backed off.
Lozier said a short time later, the dog got out of the kennel and eventually went back in on its own.
Lozier said when an officer used a pole to close the kennel door behind the dog, the dog became aggressive a second time.
“It’s very clear that the dog became aggressive, and the dog attacked the officer. The officer is retreating as fast as he can from the approaching dog and fires at the last second in an effort to prevent himself from being mauled,” Lozier said.
After that first shot, Lozier said police thought the dog was dead. They covered its body with cardboard, while arranging a plan to get the dog’s body to the humane society.
“When they go to move the cardboard that’s covering the dog, the dog is moving, so then the police start making calls to the humane society, and they talked to them, and at least one vet, maybe two, and asked where can we take this dog to get treatment, and they were advised by a vet and the humane society, euthanize a dog. So, then they euthanize the dog,” Lozier said.
That footage is now in the hands of the borough’s solicitor.
“I think the more that they can release to the public, the better off it will be, regardless of whether the dog attacked the officer, or the officer was approaching the dog in a and humane manner maybe,” Preston said.
Lozier said the dog’s owner has not come forward.
“The dog clearly had just given birth. There was no license. It hadn’t been receiving proper medical care. Where was the owner?” Lozier said.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reached out to the Beaver County Humane Society. They said after Lozier’s decision not to charge, they consider this matter settled and said they will continue to work collaboratively with the Ambridge Police Department.
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