HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — On Thursday night time, the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office launched a video displaying a part of what led as much as a deputy taking pictures and killing an escaped household canine.
In a video posted to FacebookHenderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin mentioned the division requested a decide to permit the discharge of the physique digital camera video so the group might see what occurred the night time of Nov. 25.
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The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a previous press release on Nov. 27 that shortly after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, they acquired a 911 name over issues a couple of suspicious automobile at a home within the East Flat Rock group. Officials mentioned the caller acknowledged the home was on the market and didn’t consider that anybody was presently dwelling there. In their launch, the sheriff’s workplace goes on to say that when a deputy arrived on the home, they “encountered an aggressive Pit Bull Terrier that had escaped its containment,” including that it charged the deputy, who was then “put within the unlucky position of dispatching the animal to guard himself.”
The house owners of the pit bull terrier instructed News 13 on Nov. 28 that the deputy shot their canine thrice.
The physique digital camera video launched by the sheriff’s workplace on Nov. 30 doesn’t present the taking pictures, however the deputy may be seen walking towards the home in response to the 911 name.
Viewers can see the canine come up on the deputy’s left aspect and get nearer whereas he’s yelling on the canine to get again.
The house owners of the home instructed News 13 that they have been in the home and the automobile belonged to one in every of them, including that each one of their neighbors are conscious that they’re nonetheless occupying the home whereas within the technique of promoting it.
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The house owners mentioned they have been letting their dogs out on the time when their pit bull named Steffie escaped. The house owners additionally instructed News 13 they consider a false 911 name was made.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office has declined to remark additional.
