By
Sarah Glover
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dog
survived after being shot at close range by a police officer in Beverly, N.J.
The dog was shot at more than once but did not die. It ran away despite being
injured.
A
YouTube video shows an officer pointing a gun at the dog and shooting it
multiple times. The video is disturbing and NBC10.com has chosen not to post
it.
The
man who posted the video said to his knowledge the dog was not aggressive but
police tried to calm the dog when it became agitated. He and his friends tried
to corral it before it was shot.
Rich
Wolbert, public safety director in Beverly, issued a statement on behalf of the
Beverly Police Department, which is investigating the incident.
Officers
from Beverly, Edgewater Park, and Delanco Police Departments responded to
a
call of a vicious dog at 245 Warren Street at approximately 11:20 a.m. on the
morning of June 5, according to the statement.
When
the officers arrived, they found a woman's finger had been amputated by the
dog. The canine was found behind a building on Perkins Street.
Police
say the dog came toward the officers in an "aggressive manner and the
animal was shot multiple times."
After
chasing its tail, as seen in the video, the dog ran from the scene to the 600
block of Elizabeth Street where it was retrieved. The dog was then taken for
veterinary treatment and transported to the Burlington County Animal Shelter.
The
injured woman was transported to Lourdes Medical Center in Willingboro. The dog
is being observed at the shelter. NBC10.com reached out to the shelter. There's
no word on the present status of the dog.