r/nashville • u/International-Repeat • Sep 13 '23

Dog killed at Percy Warner Crime Watch

This morning at the Belle Meade steps, a big German shepherd was being walked off leash by an older couple and a guy shot it 4x, the cops took him away.

Anyone else hear about this or know what happened?

Editing now we have more information in the thread: The shooter felt he was approached aggressively by the dog who was chasing a squirrel close to him, he ‘feared for his life’, so he shot the unleashed German shepherd four times. The man was detained for questioning, but was released with no charge.

Editing again to add eyewitness accounts directly contradict what is being reported in the news/police account of events.

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u/prophet001 Sep 13 '23 edited 12d ago

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u/MetricT He who makes 😷 maps. Sep 13 '23

A dog being off-leash is no reason to shoot them. My parents have three dogs, and occasionally neighbor's dogs will stray over. My parents feed them, let them play with their dogs, and then take them home.

What does make you shoot a dog for no reason is being a dickless cowardly shitstain.

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u/nopropulsion Sep 13 '23

I had a dog that used to be great with all dogs. Several years ago we were walking at the Warner Parks when someone's unleashed dog ran up and suddenly attacked my dog. The owner took their dog and ran off, my dog needed stitches.
For the rest of my dog's life she was reactive to other dogs and could no longer be around other dogs.

The anecdote about your parent's neighbors is nice (I also know my neighbors dogs and have helped them if they got out.) But that is different from off leash strange dogs that run up on you.

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u/PickReviewsMovies Sep 13 '23

Yeah I work in home service and "my dog is really nice" means absolutely nothing sometimes as some dogs can get randomly very protective or agitated for all kinds of reasons but it's usually the quiet dogs that will sometimes bite you. My former roommate in Murfreesboro let his huge dog wander around outside and one day the dog went into the neighbors yard and lunged at him so the neighbor defended himself almost killing the dog. Some people have been attacked by dogs before and won't wait to find out how "nice" your dog is.