Police Fire Off 33 Rounds to Kill Dog, Bullets Hit Houses and Cars

Way to go pigs, shoot up a whole neighborhood to kill a dog that could have been pepper sprayed! Shoot first, think later ... stupid pigs.


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CAMDEN — Neighbors are seeking an apology from Camden police after a Friday night incident in which they say a dog was shot by officers who were carelessly firing on a street crowded with children.

The dog was killed around 9 p.m. Friday after officers responded to calls of a fight between teenagers in the Baldwin Run neighborhood of the city's Rosedale section.

But neighbors are also concerned by what they said is an excessive use of force after bullet holes were found sprayed around the neighborhood. Shots went through through the walls and windows of a home four houses away and punched holes in several vehicles parked in nearby driveways.

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"He was just trotting down the street and one officer pulled out his gun," Aycox said. She said another officer told the cop not to shoot the dog, but he shot the animal once in the paw and continued firing.

Neighbors said they counted 33 rounds of bullets based on the police investigation on Saturday.

Delia Rodriguez said she pulled her six grandchildren to the floor and tried to cover them with her body after at least two bullets pierced the side of
her home, ricocheting off the ceiling and shattering her front window.

Her house is four houses down and across the street from where officers were shooting.

"It was horrible, there were so many sounds. I was trying to get the children rounded up and I felt like I couldn't cover them all," said Rodriguez, 54.

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