>> SET AN OUTRAGED AFTER THEIR DOG WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S
OFFICER.
>> HE DOESN’T NEED TO BE AN
OFFICER. HE’S TRIGGER HAPPY.
>> AND THIS IS THE WAS KILLED.
NAME WAS LUCY. HER OWNER SAYS
THE DOG WAS TRYING TO RUN AWAY
FROM THE OFFICER WHEN SHE WAS
SHOT.
>>KENT JUSTICE: NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER ERIK AVANIER JOINING
US LIVE TO EXPLAIN HOW IT
HAPPENED. ERIK.
>> YES, WELL, THE OWNER OF THE
DOG SAYS AROUND 6.30, MONDAY
SHE HEARD HER DOGS BARKING. SO
SHE SAYS SHE WALKED OUTSIDE
AND SHE WALKING TO FOLLOW ME
HERE JUST SHE WALKED OVER
HERE, 2 OF THE GATE OVER HERE.
NOTICE THAT THE GATE WAS OPEN
TO BACKYARD. BUT SHE SAID THAT
THE DOGS ARE STILL ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE GATE SO SHE
DIDN’T PAY IT. NO MIND SHE
WALKED BACK THIS WAY ONLY TO
NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A
TEENAGE BOY THAT WAS STANDING
ON TOP OF HER CAR. SHE SAID
THAT HE WAS YELLING TO HER,
THAT HER DOGS WERE CHASING
HIM. SO SHE WENT SHE WANT TO
GO TRY TO GET HER HUSBAND TO
COME OUT HERE. AND BY THEN,
SHE SAID THAT BOY JUMPED OFF
THE CAR AND START RUNNING
AROUND THE BLOCK TO GO BACK
HOME. THAT WAS MOMENTS LATER
UP. OBVIOUSLY, POLICE WERE
CALLED THE BOY’S MOTHER CALLED
POLICE WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED
HERE ON SCENE, EVERYTHING WENT
DOWNHILL.
>> WE CONSULTED AN ATTORNEY
AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS
THE FIRST FORM THAT MUST BE
FILLED OUT. KIMBERLY BREES
PLANS TO FILE A LAWSUIT
AGAINST JSO AFTER AN OFFICER
SHOT AND KILLED HER DOG. LUCY.
IT ALL STARTED WITH A
COMPLAINT TO POLICE FROM A
NEIGHBOR AROUND THE CORNER. I
JSO OFFICER.
>> COMES TO THE FRONT DOOR AND
SAYS THAT HE HAD I CALL THAT
MY DOGS HAVE BEEN CHASING AN
INDIVIDUAL DOWN THE ROAD. I
EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT MY DOGS
WERE NOT OUTSIDE THE PANTS AT
ANY TIME. HE PROCEEDED TO ASK
ME TO UNLOCK THE GATE AND LET
THE DOG SEE IF THE DOGS WOULD
COME OUT. SHE SAYS LUCY CAME
OUT AND GOT CLOSE TO THE
OFFICER BEEN NIPPED HIM IN A
PLAYFUL MANNER. THAT’S WHEN
SHE SAID THE OFFICER DREW HIS
GUN AND FIRED AT LUCY. SHE
DOCKED STARTED AROUND THE CAR
AND HE’S THE FIRST SHOT BUT HE
CONTINUED TO FIRE ON THE SIDE
OF THE CAR.
>> UNTIL SHE WAS JUST WE BLURT
THIS PICTURE BECAUSE LOSE HIS
BLOOD WAS SMEARED SPLATTERED
AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CAR
AND THESE PICTURES THAT ARE
PARTIALLY BLURT. BULLET HOLES
ARE IN THE BACK OF THE DOG’S
BODY. BRUCE SAYS HER DOG WAS
EXECUTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO
RUN AWAY FROM THE OFFICER. AND
SHE SAYS THE OFFICER WAS
WEARING A BODYCAM THAT WILL
PROVE HER DOG WAS NOT A THREAT
TO THE OFFICER. I WANT THE
BODY CAM RELEASED. I KNOW
THERE WAS A BODY CAM. I WANT
EVERYONE TO SEE THAT THE FIRST
SHOT TO MY DOG WAS MISSED THAT
SHE WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM
AND HE CONTINUED TO FIRE AFTER
THE DOG WAS KILLED. BRUCE, HIS
OLDEST SON WENT AFTER THE
OFFICER FOR KILLING THE
FAMILY. PET. ALL I CAN DO IS
TRY TO GET MY SIGN AWAY FROM
THE ORDEAL SO THAT THE OFFICER
DID NOT SHOOT BECAUSE HE
REACHED FOR HIS GUN TWICE.
>> ON MY SIDE PERSON WAS
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH
MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON A
POLICE OFFICER. COURT RECORDS
SHOW HE PLED NO CONTEST AND
WAS SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED
FOR THE ONE DAY HE SPENT IN
JAIL NEWS. 4 JAX HAS REQUESTED
A COPY OF THE BODY CAM VIDEO
AND A RESPONSE FROM JSO ABOUT
THE CASE. WE RECEIVED A
STATEMENT THAT SAYS THE
INCIDENT YOU ARE INQUIRING
ABOUT CONTINUES TO BE
ADMINISTRATIVELY REVIEWED PER
POLICY. THE SUBSEQUENT
CRIMINAL CASE FOR SIMPLE
ASSAULT ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER REMAINS AN ONGOING
ACTIVE CASE.
>> NOW A NEARBY NEIGHBOR I
SPOKE WITH OFF CAMERA, SAYS
HER DOOR WAS OPEN DURING THE
TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. SHE
SAYS SHE NEVER SAW A DOG
CHASED AFTER A TEENAGE BOY
REPORTING LIVE. ERIK AVANIER
CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>> ERIC, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
OTHER DOG THAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT BEING INVOLVED HERE?
>> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR ASKING
ABOUT THAT. I ASK ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE I DO WANT TO POINT
OUT, OK, SO WHEN THAT OFFICER
FIRED AT A LUCIE, OBVIOUSLY
LUCY WENT DOWN OVER HERE. I
WAS TOLD THAT THE OTHER DOG
WAS STILL SOMEWHERE IN THIS
VICINITY. BUT WHEN THAT DOG
HEARD, THE GUNFIRE IS SPARKED
IT. IT A SHOCK THE DOG OR
SHALL I SAY IT SCARED THE DOG
AND THE DOG WENT RUNNING DOWN
THE STREET. I BELIEVE THIS IS
PART OF YOU. WENT RUNNING
DOWN. PARKVIEW NEVER CAME
BACK. LUCKILY, THOUGH, THAT
DOG IS CHIPPED. SO OBVIOUSLY
THE PARENTS, I MEAN, THE
OWNERS OF THE DOG ARE SAYING
THAT IF YOU FIND THE ANIMAL,
IT WILL HAVE A A MICROCHIP IN
IT THAT BRING THAT DOG, THAT A
MICROCHIP IN IT THAT WILL SAY