Fort Mill Police ThinK With Guns, Not Brains

Date: July, 2011
Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina
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A dog described as an American Bulldog or Pit Bull was running loose. The dog got in a fight with another chained dog and menaced people. Police arrived and the dog entered a yard. Instead of blocking the hole in which the dog entered to, you know, confine the dog, police apparently milled around.

When the dog got back out of the hole and charged the officers, he was shot and killed.

Charleston, SC Officer Kills Family Dog

Date: May 25, 2011
Location: Charleston, South Carolina

An officer responding to a dispute call at a home arrived to find one or more German Shepherds loose. According to the owner of the dogs, she asked the officer to wait while she put her dogs away. He got out of the vehicle and one of the dogs apparently charged. He shot the dog in the head, killing him. A veterinarian, not an expert on bullet trajectory, feels the shooting was not in mid-charge.

Dec 2010:

Dorchester County, SC - Police responding to a domestic disturbance were attacked by a dog described as a Pit Bull. After the dog bit one officer, he aggressively approached another and was shot at three times, struck twice. The dog died. When the dog's owner became aggressive, police tasered him instead.

Biting dog shot by Anderson County deputy

A deputy responding to a hang-up 911 call encountered a dog on the property. As he was exiting the property, the dog nipped him in the leg. The officer was able to shoo the dog away, but the dog attacked again. When the dog bit for a third time, the officer shot the dog once. The dog was later euthanized.

The owner claims she was attempting to corral the dog, an 11-mos old pup, although she failed after the dog attacked the man three times.

Dog shot by police in 2006 dies of unrelated causes

In 2006, police arrived at a home because of a dog bite report. The victim had been bitten by a family member's dog and had gone to the hospital. Her own dog had been tied up out front. When the officer arrived, the tethered dog growled once and the officer responded by shooting the dog in the head. He was on a 5' tether.

The city never formally apologized though they did pay for all veterinary costs.

Recently, the dog died from pancreatitis, unrelated to the gunshot wound.

Anderson police shoot two dogs who killed loose cats

Two stray/loose dogs were shot and killed during on different days after they had killed several loose cats. Another dog was later captured, unharmed. The dogs were not aggressive towards the officers, though one witness claimed one of the dogs, at some point in time, chased her.

Charleston County deputy shoots and kills dog

A dog was shot and killed after it charged at an officer. The dog had been running loose and police were called. The dog was back on its own property when the deputy approached. The owner was within feet of the dog.