Overview
- On June 13 officers responded to a wellness check in Canoga Park and an officer fired four times, killing a 2‑year‑old family dog named Jameson, footage released by the LAPD shows.
- The department says the dog charged officers before the shooting, while the owner, Marie Marseille, and her attorney say the animal was not aggressive and the encounter escalated quickly.
- Mayor Karen Bass has called the video “disturbing and tragic” and directed a review of the LAPD’s 2023 dog‑encounter use‑of‑force policy as the Force Investigation Division and the Office of the Inspector General open parallel inquiries.
- The LAPD released an edited body‑camera package with officers’ faces blurred and has not identified the shooter publicly, prompting demands for full raw video and dispatch records.
- A family GoFundMe has raised more than $200,000, lawyers have signaled possible civil action, and critics note the 2023 policy lists seven nonlethal alternatives that some say were not used, which could shape training and discipline outcomes.