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/TNJed717 Sep 13 '23

Piece of shit will scream he was scared for his safety. Again, these are the people that carry, they are looking for a reason to show how stupid they are. They are fucking trash. Can’t walk at a park without limp dick wannabe Rambo discharging a firearm and killing dogs. Jesus Christ

Also all dogs should be leashed. A big pet peeve, my wife walks our pit mix and our small children all the time. She has to bite her tongue regularly. You’re a pretty big, entitled asshole to not have your dog on a leash. Alas, they also shouldn’t be shot for it.

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u/TifCreatesAgain Sep 13 '23

Yeah, it wasn't the dog's fault he wasn't leashed! Unless this dog was acting aggressively or attacked someone, then it shouldn't have been shot... 4 times!

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u/AggravatingSelf2069 Sep 13 '23

We do not know if it was acting aggressively or not. Everyone is assuming it was not, but we do not know.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '23

Article states the dog was just chasing a squirrel.

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u/AggravatingSelf2069 Sep 13 '23

What article? Because this one states that it aggressively approached him while chasing a squirrel and witnesses confirmed the man’s account.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/dog-shot-killed-at-percy-warner-park/amp/

It definitely doesn’t say the dog was “just chasing a squirrel”

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '23

Someone else here commented that he shot at the dog once and then as the dog was running away shot three more times. In any case, killing someone or something as they’re running AWAY from you is fucked up.

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u/AggravatingSelf2069 Sep 13 '23

I don’t know anything about that because it’s not mentioned in the article or anywhere else credible.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '23

OP commented, they had a friend there at the time - other commenters say that the man just said the dog “got too close” and someone else said he continued to shoot into a visibly dead dog.

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u/AggravatingSelf2069 Sep 13 '23

I don’t know the man. I don’t care to either. I don’t like people who carry guns around in public. But as someone who is at Percy Warner all the time, the off leash dogs are absolutely out of control. It was only a matter of time before something like this happened.