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Photo of Stevie, from Michelle Michaels
As officers had been talking with the sufferer, the suspect, 21-year-old Magan Yussuf, exited his home just a few doorways down and was taken into custody with out incident. He declined medical consideration and didn’t have any accidents.
Yussuf advised officers that he had been bitten by the doghowever when officers checked his leg for accidents, there have been no chew marks, pores and skin breaks or different abrasions to point a canine chew, court docket paperwork say. Yussuf then mentioned the canine pulled on his pant leg, however there have been no tears or harm to the pants.
After talking with Yussuf and his mom, officers decided that maybe Stevie was not the supposed goal, in line with court docket paperwork.
Yussuf’s mom mentioned that “this canine” had been terrorizing Yussuf for about 13 years, since he was walking home from faculty as a young boy. His mom additionally mentioned she was attacked by “that canine” and that there had been incidents up to now.
However, Stevie is roughly 4 years old. Stevie and Michelle had solely been dwelling within the neighborhood for about two or three years.
Animal management advised investigators that there was a home across the nook from the place the taking pictures took place that had a number of dogs that had been identified to be aggressive and that they’d been referred to as to the home beforehand. That home was not Michaels’ home.
No complaints have been filed towards Stevie or Michaels, in line with court docket paperwork, although Michaels famous that Stevie was identified to get out of the yard every so often, however by no means induced issues.
Before the taking pictures, one neighbor mentioned they didn’t hear any sounds of a disturbance, like yelling or barking, in line with court docket paperwork.
Another witness mentioned the canine was simply standing within the highway when it was shot, and was not barking or appearing aggressive.
“One witness said he noticed the defendant fireplace one shot on the canine and the canine fall to the bottom. Additionally, the witness said he didn’t discover the canine attack or act aggressively in direction of the defendant throughout this interplay,” court docket paperwork point out.
“[I’m] so heartbroken. I simply need her right here with me so dangerous,” Michaels advised FOX 13.
The Port of Seattle wrote a narrative on Stevie’s journey, and the way she acquired to her ‘fur-ever’ home with Michaels:
Stevie had been dwelling on the streets in Qatar when she was introduced into an animal shelter in Doha. Through a rescue, Stevie flew with a journey buddy volunteer and two different dogs from Qatar to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Michaels, a Seattle rescue volunteer, met Stevie and the opposite dogs and their future households on the airport to facilitate the adoptions. When Stevie’s adoption later fell by means of, Michaels ended up fostering her for a few weeks. It didn’t take lengthy for Michaels to fall in love, and Stevie discovered a brand new everlasting home with Michaels, the Port of Seattle wrote.
A GoFundMe has been set up for Michaels’ for legal professional’s charges and cremation prices. She can also be now making an attempt to maneuver out of the neighborhood.
“This is essentially the most violent factor I’ve ever witnessed and I do not need this to occur to anybody ever once more,” Michaels mentioned.
Yussuf was launched after posting bail.
He is dealing with a first-degree animal cruelty cost. If convicted, Yussuf might withstand a 12 months behind bars.
The sentence might’ve been longer, however a invoice imposing harder legal penalties for animal cruelty convictions will not take impact till June 6. The new legislation elevates the sentencing vary for first-degree animal cruelty from zero to 364 days behind bars, to 2-5 years, relying on the suspect’s previous and the seriousness of the crime.
Yussuf declined to remark to FOX 13.
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