ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — Aliquippa police are in search of a person accused of attacking a canine with a hatchet.
Juain Hall stated his 9-month-old canine Maive is the sweetest and means all the pieces to him.
“She’s all the pieces. She’s the proper canine,†Hall stated.
“I sat down on the stoop, we had been simply sitting there — the children simply bought off the bus pet her,†Hall stated.
Last Wednesday afternoon, Hall took Maive on their ordinary walk close to the intersection of Main and Maratta streets.
However, moments later, he stated David Askew walked as much as them along with his canine who greeted Maive, after which Askew attacked Maive.
“He pulled his canine with the leash in a single hand, pulled out the axe with the opposite hand, chopped her within the head and ran for no motive,†Hall stated.
Hall rushed Maive to a vet hospital the place she bought surgical procedure. Her left ear is gone, she has gashes on her chest and leg and he or she could lose her imaginative and prescient. Hall made a GoFundMe page as a result of she may have a protracted highway to restoration.
Meanwhile, Aliquippa police charged Askew — who’s on the run. Police stated he was convicted and was in jail earlier than for homicide. Hall is scared to depart his home.
“We know what he’s able to doing,†Hall stated.
Right now, there’s an energetic warrant for his arrest. Police stated he was supposed to show himself in on Monday, however didn’t and now they’re in search of him. Anyone with data on his whereabouts is requested to name Aliquippa police.
David Askew faces a number of costs, together with aggravated cruelty to animals. Askew’s legal professional informed Channel 11 that Askew won’t be turning himself in on Tuesday.
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