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Police Shoot Dog in Bushwick After It Charges at Officer

By Serena Dai | February 5, 2015 3:43pm
 Police shot a dog in the hind legs early Thursday after it charged at an officer.
Police shot a dog in the hind legs early Thursday after it charged at an officer.
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BUSHWICK — A police officer shot a dog in the hind legs early Thursday after it charged at him, the NYPD said.

The dog, owned by 34-year-old Raven Garcia, charged at police after they knocked on Garcia's door, police said.

Two police officers responded to a call around 2:45 a.m. Thursday from a cab driver who said a woman living on Bushwick Avenue near Cornelia Street didn't pay her $40 fare, police and the Brooklyn District Attorney's office said.

When the officers knocked on Garcia's apartment door, she answered with her dog, which "was barking and approaching at the officers in a volatile matter," police said.

The officers told Garcia to take control of her dog, police said.

The pooch then ran past one officer and toward the other, police said, prompting the latter to shoot three times, hitting to dog in its hind legs.

An emergency service unit responded and sedated the dog, which Garcia's landlord described as a 100-plus-pound German Shepherd. It is in stable condition at Animal Care and Control in Manhattan, police said.

Garcia was arrested for theft of service. She has owned the dog for about 15 years, according to her landlord Sheila Fairweather, who lives upstairs.

Garcia, who has been released, made one statement, according to the DA's office.

"You are actually going to arrest me for this?" she said.