An LAPD detective shot and killed a Reseda resident's pit bull outside of the dog owner's home Monday.
Authorities were in the area investigating a “use-of-force-arrest” when a detective came face-to-face with the pit bull and fatally shot it at about 7:15 p.m., NBC reports.
The canine shooting is now under investigation, CBS reports. No injures were reported, and no arrests were made.
Last month, a gruesome video of a Hawthorne police officer shooting a Rottweiler to death in front of its owner went viral after being posted to Reddit. After being bombarded with angry calls and emails, including death threats, the Hawthorne department released a second video that it said exonerated the officers. The department said that the shooting officer was acting in self defense.
Also last month, days after the Hawthorne incident, a separate dog owner filed a lawsuit alleging that LA sheriff's deputies threw a chair at his pit bull, shocked it twice in the face with a stun gun, shot it twice with a firearm and then allowed it to bleed to death. An LAPD spokesman said the deputies on the scene acted appropriately.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that Hawthorne police fatally shot a pit bull, when in reality it was a Rottweiler.
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