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COURIER L 22 IFE, JANUARY 17-23, 2020
Dog gone shame
Off-duty secret service agent
slays pooch in Windsor Terrace
BY JESSICA PARKS
An off-duty Secret
Service agent killed a
dog in Windsor Terrace
on Monday night, shooting
the animal after it allegedly
charged him.
The special agent
with the federal law enforcement
agency claims
the dog, a Belgian Shepherd,
charged him on Caton
Place near E. Eighth
Street at 9:45 pm, when
the agent pulled out his
weapon and slew the pet,
according to a spokesman
for the US Secret
Service, who described
the dog as “unrestrained
and aggressive.”
The dog was leashed at
the time of the incident,
according to the Secret
Service rep, but had escaped
from its owners at
the time of the incident.
Police backed up
the federal agent’s account,
releasing a statement
that claimed the
dog charged him as he
rounded the corner, leading
the off-duty agent to
fi re off a single, fatal
round.
An off-duty Secret Service
agent fatally shot a Belgian
Shepherd, like the one pictured
here, in Windsor Terrace
on Monday night.
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Walker Blankinship,
who manages the nearby
Kensington Stables
across the street from
the Caton Place shooting,
said he was alerted to the
incident when he heard a
single gunshot, followed
by the shouts of the dog’s
apparent owner.
“There were three
people on the corner
and one guy was cursing
loudly,” Blankinship
said. “He was saying ‘I
can’t f—–g believe you
let the gun go off.’”
Smash and grab
City’s Bravest pry woman from
wreckage with ‘Jaws of Life’ tool
Firefi ghters used the jaws of life to rescue a motorist
trapped in her car. Photo by AJ Polinsky
BY JESSICA PARKS
Firefi ghters rescued
a trapped motorist from
her vehicle after a car
crash in Greenwood
Heights on Monday.
Authorities rushed to
the emergency near Fifth
Avenue and 27th Street at
around 12:24 pm, where
they employed the Jaws
of Life, a pnuematic cutting
tool, in an effort to
pry the female driver
from her wrecked sedan.
Fortunately, no serious
injuries resulted
from the gnarly crash,
according to a Fire Department
spokesman.
Additional reporting
by AJ Polinsky.
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