Dog shootings are no longer a rare occurrence. Hardly a day goes by without one hitting the news. The latest tragic story of this kind comes out of Green, Ohio. It involves a dog shot by a drunk man during a standoff with police.
Dog shot by drunk man
According to WHBC, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office recently received a call regarding a drunk man who was acting violently, making threats, and warning that he was going to shoot his dog. Unfortunately, he followed through on that promise and shot the dog. The dog died.
Deputies descended on the home of 34-year-old Louis Shipka. The man would not vacate the residence. Instead, he barricaded himself inside. The Summit County SWAT team was dispatched and tried to coax him out, to no avail. Finally, authorities sent a drone in to locate the man. After determining the man was in the basement of the house, the deputies stormed the home.
Shipka was arrested and now faces multiple charges, including cruelty to animals, possession of weapons while intoxicated, and resisting arrest. News reports say he was taken to the Summit County Jail, where he presumably remains.
Dog shootings increasingly common
Regrettably, this tragedy is only one of a slew of incidents involving dogs getting shot. Earlier this month, 46-year-old Ryan Krietzinger allegedly shot his neighbor’s dog with a pellet gun while the dog was on the deck in an adjacent yard in Beaverdale. The dog, named Buddy, was a Coton de Tulear. He weighed a mere 11 pounds. The bullet got stuck between the dog’s ribs. Though Buddy was rushed to a veterinary clinic, he soon died. Krietzinger denied shooting the dog and even claimed that Buddy previously attacked his unidentified hunting breed dog. Buddy’s owner said that attack never happened.
In another devastating incident, Boston police shot two dogs. The cops were in the process of searching an apartment for a suspect with multiple arrest warrants. Though residents warned police officers that there was a Pit Bull in the bathroom, an officer entered the space. The Pit Bull defended itself, and in the process, was shot by the police officer. Another dog was also shot during the ordeal.
