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A longtime Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy, referred to as small in stature with a huge heart, passed away Tuesday night after authorities state she was safeguarding her young kid throughout a dog attack in her home.
Tamieka White, 46, was noticable dead quickly after Indianapolis cops reacted to her home in the 1700 block of Forsythia Drive near East 16 Street and North Franklin Road on the city’s east side. The dog attack was reported about 7:45 p.m.
White’s 8-year-old kid likewise was bitten and is recuperating from non-life-threatening injuries.
“She passed away last night safeguarding the most essential individual in her life,” Brittany Seligman, White’s leader at the Sheriff’s Office, said the day after the attack.
Indianapolis cops said the assaulting dog was fatally shot by a reacting officer, who fired when the dog charged at them.
White functioned as a deputy constable with the firm considering that 2007 in the Judicial Enforcement Division, which supervises the transport of prisoners to-and-from courts, gathering overdue taxes and serving legal procedure documents. In a declaration, Sheriff Kerry Forestal called White a “brilliant light” to everybody who understood her and said the firm is grateful for her almost 17 years of service.
Seligman said White constantly had a smile on her face, and held an enthusiasm for billiards.
“Anyone who challenged her would rapidly learn that they could not stand at the table with Deputy White,” Seligman said.
But above all, Seligman said, White was a mom.
A representative with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the assaulting dog was not owned by White, and cops have actually determined the owner. They decreased to launch additional info about the dog’s owner.
In a declaration, Indianapolis Animal Care Services said employees seized the departed dog, 3 extra dogs and a cat from the home. The department said they cannot verify the types without a DNA test, however said all the dogs seemed a “pitbull-type.”
The animals are being held as part of the continuous examination into the attack.
Contact Sarah Nelson at 317-503-7514 or [email protected]
