7/4/13 - AUSTIN, Texas - An off-duty Austin police officer shot and
killed a dog inside a pet store Wednesday night. Police tell KVUE News
APD Officer Leslie Lyons was working security at the PetCo store near
Lakeline Mall. They say a 16-year-old girl brought a pitbull on a leash
into the store around 7:20 p.m.The dog got lose and attacked a maltipoo
dog.
After trying to separate the animals, people inside the store
asked the security guard to help. She made sure no one was close to the
dogs, then fired her weapon, killing the pitbull.
The other dog survived and is being treated at a nearby animal hospital.
Neither dog has a known history of violence.
Austin
police say Officer Lyons is under investigation, though APD's assistant
chief says he does not believe she violated any of the department's
policies regarding animals.
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