Police Release Body Cam Footage Showing Officer Shooting Pit Bull

In a lengthy post on Facebook the Kewanee Police Department defended the shooting of a dog by one of their officers. In the post, the department explains their version of the events that led to the shooting of a pit bull on Oct. 11. The dog was not killed in the incident. This incident led to the pit bull being struck by a bullet fired from the responding officer’s service weapon. The full statement is as follows: