Overview
- Los Angeles officers responded to a 911 report of a screaming woman at the Jordan Condominiums and shot the family dog outside the unit during the response on Saturday night.
- The LAPD says the dog rushed at officers after they arrived, and the department has opened a review of the shooting.
- The dog’s owner, Marie Marseille, says the dog was not aggressive, that she tried to comply with officers, and that the dog slipped outside and walked toward an officer before it was shot.
- Video of the aftermath showing Marseille sobbing over the dog has been widely shared online with more than two million views and neighbors have left a memorial in the building hallway.
- No investigative findings or disciplinary actions have been announced so far, and the case is likely to fuel scrutiny of how welfare-check and domestic-disturbance calls are handled and whether department transparency will follow.