Family outraged after police shoot pet dog on their front porch

A family is outraged after returning home to find police had Tasered and shot dead their pet chihuahua. Scott and Sharon Bullock returned to their home in Blue Ash, Cincinnati after a family member's funeral to find blood and three bullets on their front porch - along with a note telling them to call police about their dog.

Police said the dog - a Chihuahua mix named 'Jack' - had escaped from the back yard and two officers had tried to catch him, eventually chasing Jack back to the Bullocks' home. "He was cornered on the porch and scared," Sharon Bullock said. "The officer bent down bare-handed to pick up Jack, and Jack bit him."



Blue Ash police said one officer was bitten 17 times on one hand and nine times on the other before he eventually attempted to Taser the dog. When that didn't work the two officers shot at Jack three times, killing him with the third shot. The Bullocks say they've told their five-year-old and three-year-old sons that Jack ran away.

The family says, while they were at fault for leaving the dog outside, they don't understand why the police didn't call an animal control unit like the SPCA to handle Jack, who had never attacked anyone before.



"They didn't make that phone call other than to come scoop the dog off the porch after they shot him," said Scott Bullock. "Two grown men that can't gather up a five-pound dog - and they're trained police officers – sounds ridiculous to me."

Blue Ash police said the officers had acted according to department policy.