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Lorain, Ohio – A city in Ohio is outraged and calling for the termination of a police officer after he fatally shot a free golden retriever in entrance of the pup’s horrified household.
Lorain Officer Elliott Palmer shot and killed Dixie, a 3 12 months previous Golden Retriever after she approached him on Sunday.
Palmer has since been positioned on depart, WKYC reported Friday.
The incident is “beneath investigation,” the division informed The New York Post Friday afternoon with out providing additional particulars.
A “Justice for Dixie” rally was held outdoors the division earlier than it was identified that Palmer was positioned on depart.
Lt. Jacob Morris supplied condolences to Dixie’s household throughout the rally.
“Whatever the scenario, they’re coping with the lack of a member of the family,” he stated. “It hurts to even say that we have been concerned in that, however with that being stated, we are able to supply our condolences — and we definitely, definitely do.
Palmer was patrolling the realm Sunday when he seen a number of giant canine working round and informed the proprietor, Tammie Kern, to get them beneath management, WKYC previously reported.
Whereas Kern’s daughter was making an attempt to spherical up the 4 canine, Dixie received away and playfully ran towards Palmer, who shot her a number of occasions.
The surprising incident was caught on the officer’s bodycam.
Footage exhibits Palmer standing on the street outdoors Kern’s Oberlin Avenue dwelling as a special golden retriever playfully runs as much as him. The officer sticks his hand out to wave the animal away.
Moments later, Dixie adopted swimsuit, showing to calmly run as much as Palmer earlier than he raised his gun and shot her.
“You silly, f–okay, you killed my canine,” Kern might be heard telling the officer. “Why did you do it?”
“Get again, OK. Your canine charged me, get again,” an annoyed-sounding Palmer ordered.
“That canine was innocent!” Kern screamed as she stood subsequent to the place Dixie lay dying.
Kern informed WKYC that after the preliminary shot was fired, Palmer “ought to have simply let it go and allow us to get the canine and take her the place she wanted to be handled.”
”However he didn’t try this. She was crawling — ineffective, helpless — on the street. He continued taking pictures her. She was making an attempt to return to security, and he simply saved taking pictures her three extra occasions after the primary time.”
Kern stated Palmer ought to “lose his job.”
“He ought to go to jail. He ought to rot. I don’t need him to shoot any person else. He must be off the streets. There have been harmless bystanders close by,” she stated.
Kern and her household plan on submitting a lawsuit towards the police division, WKYC reported.
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