so a sheriff shot my dog

[one love]

The other day I heard a noise outside around 5:30 am so I looked outside and I saw a chair knocked over and figured a animal or another Dog was back there. Around 7:20 I let Tyson (my rottweiler) outside on his chain and I finished getting ready for work.
10 minutes later I went outside to let him in and his chain is empty and a sheriff is standing there where his chain is and says

"I just SHOT your dog" Then he started to walk away...

Of course I was speechless for a second then that turned into me being pretty irate. I asked him what do you mean you shot my dog? He then says that he shot him with a tranquilizer (why he did not say that in the beginning I don't know)
So he tells me that Tyson got off his chain and ran toward him and he shot him.
What happened was my neighbor had two pit bulls come on his property and attacked 7 goats. The noise I had heard was him shooting one of the pit's. He told the sheriffs dept when they got there that it was not the guy across the street dogs or ours, yet they still came to both of our houses. Keep in mind Tyson was only outside for 10 minutes and they had to see me let him out. The sheriff came to my house for who knows what reason and some how Tyson's collar popped off. The Neighbors were outside and said he never barked or showed any sign of aggression and was still on my property. I also found where he shot him later that night because he would not tell me anything and he shot him in the back of his BACK leg which means my dog was running away from him.
He then gave me a ticket and gave me a citation against Tyson

To make a LONG story short I gave it to the attorney My wife works with and It is getting dropped. I have not been so angry in a LONG time....
What made me the most upset is it was so unnecessary and he did not care, Toby (my 4 year old) is crying and screaming "why did he shoot and kill my dog" Because when I got Tyson inside he was falling over on the floor. His leg is still bothering him. He was not able to walk on it for 2 days.

[Full Quiver]

[PastorDaniel]

Somebody should shoot him with a tranqulizer...

[beckrl]

It's a good thing Barney only had his one tranqulizer

[jessicacook]

Wow. I can understand if your dog was trying to attack him, but he obviously wasn't if your dog was shot from behind!

I hope he gets better soon. Bless your son's heart.

[one love]

thank you all. Yeah I was pretty upset. We went to the Christmas party at the law firm my wife works at last night and many of them were saying the same thing as well. I just want the citation dropped.....

I am a little nervous how Tyson will react to strangers now, I am sure he will be a little less friendly...

[dolfan]

That ain't gonna help his temperament, for sure. Another local law enforcement officer gone amok on a dog. Happens all the time. Guy probably was scared to the point of wetting himself and saw your dog and just reacted. They don't usually cite you, though. They usually just lie or shrug or both and then leave.