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Brandon Sun - Manitoba, Canada
19 June 2007
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Quebec police officer opens fi
A police officer is facing an internal review for opening fire at a "big, vicious" dog that allegedly pounced at him while officers were executing an arrest warrant.
The police officer was one of a handful that descended on the home of a man whose brother has been on the lam from a penitentiary since June 4. Longueuil police spokesman Const. Mark David said Tuesday that officers were immediately concerned about the menacing dog that was with the owner when he answered the door early Monday at his home, near Montreal.
"With him was a big, vicious dog and it started growling and barking at the officers at the front door," David said.
David said they asked the owner to secure the dog - a Fila Brasileiro-and two others including a poodle. But instead the dogs ventured out through a patio door where officers were checking out the backyard.
Police say one of the dogs advanced at them and the officer shot the Fila Brasileiro, which is often used as a guard dog, several times.
"When he fired at the dog, it turned around and went inside the house," David said.
The dog was taken to a veterinarian's office only after a tactical unit had searched the house. It died several hours after being shot.
The dog's owner says he plans to take the officer and the force in front of Quebec's police ethics committee.
Internal investigations are common whenever a police officer discharges his firearm, David said.
Meanwhile, there was no trace of the escaped convict, who remained on the loose on Tuesday.
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