Man Shot, Killed Neighbor's Pit Bull
JSO Officer Who Owned Dog Too Emotional To Comment
POSTED: Monday, June 21, 2010
UPDATED: 5:39 pm EDT June 21, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An East Arlington man said he was left with no other option other than to open fire on his neighbor's American pit bull terrier that was snarling at the same time it was charging him.
"I told the dog to stop. I told the dog to go home," said Adam Cuppoletti, who lives in East Arlington. "It came across the street snarling and barking at a distance of less than 10 feet. I fired one round, shot the dog and killed it."
Witnesses said the dog named Hurricane, which belongs to a Jacksonville sheriff's officer, also attacked a mailman in the neighborhood Friday while he was on his route.
"The dog was chasing neighbors into their houses, and he had the mailman pretty much locked up in his truck," witness Josh Sheprow said.
"I felt like my life was in danger at that point," Cuppoletti said.
The dog was running free because a visitor at the officer's house accidentally left the front door open, and the dog's owner was not home, according to a police report.
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