Police: Rookie Texas officer shoots at dog, kills woman

[Judi Lynn]

Police: Rookie Texas officer shoots at dog, kills woman
Updated 11:13 pm CDT, Friday, August 2, 2019

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A rookie Texas police officer accidentally shot and killed a woman behind a shopping plaza when he fired repeatedly at a dog believed to be hers that was running at him, authorities said Friday.

The officer in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, who was released from supervised duty on July 1, responded to a welfare check Thursday about a woman who appeared to be passed out in a grassy area behind the plaza. Footage from the officer's body-worn camera released Friday shows the officer walking along a sidewalk and calling out, "Hello. Are you OK?"

The woman replies, "Yeah, I'm fine." A dog approaches and the officer asks, "Is that your dog?"

As the barking dog runs toward him, the officer yells, "Get back!" He begins to back up and then fires three shots. The woman screams, "Oh, my God!" and continues to cry out.

Police Chief Will Johnson said at a news conference that the dog, which he described as a Labrador mix, weighed about 40 pounds. Investigators think the dog belonged to the woman, who the Tarrant County medical examiner's office identified as 30-year-old Margarita Victoria Brooks.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Texas-officer-accidentally-kills-woman-while-14275649.php

[Demovictory9]

1. Omg

[Bluepinky]

2. What the hell is wrong with this guy?

He’s deathly afraid of a 40 lb dog? Police officers are trained to shoot at dogs now? Not to mention he has terrible aim. Hope this guy’s stint as a police officer is over, he can’t be trusted with a gun.

Saw the video, the dog looks under 40 lbs. Something is wrong with a police officer afraid of and shooting at a small barking dog, whether it was running towards him or not.

[dalton99a]

7. Cops typically don't like to get their uniform dirty or wrinkled

Contact with dogs, puppies, cats, humans can best be avoided by preemptively discharging a firearm

[Coventina]

3. And yet, I still read posts by people who a puzzled by the dislike of cops on this board.

n/t

[cwydro]

5. Here ya go

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2019/07/16/south-carolina-officer-newborn-traffic-stop-breathing/1735688001/

[cwydro]

6. Yeah, they're all bad.

Who do you call when something bad happens in your neighborhood?

[Coventina]

8. They are not all bad, but they are all complicit

in protecting their bad apples.

[dalton99a]

9. Woman was daughter of fire captain

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/body-cam-video-shows-arlington-officer-fatally-shoot-daughter-of-fire-captain-while-aiming-at-dog/287-41d47d97-f488-434f-97bf-10e5176573f4

The woman was shot dead by the officer as he responded to a welfare check at about 5:17 p.m. Thursday. She was later identified as 30-year-old Margarita Brooks, the daughter of a fire department captain, officials confirmed.

“Everything about this call is an absolute tragedy,” Arlington police chief Will Johnson said at a news conference Friday.