Report: VA family wants answers after deputy shoots dog

Posted on: 6:49 am, August 7, 2012, by Holly Henry

PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va (WTVR) – Kimberly Bear’s family wants answers after a Prince George County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and killed their dog Scout.

The deputy shot the dog last week while waiting for Animal Control to pick up the German Shepard that had gotten out of its fenced yard. Witnesses said the deputy shot the dog in order to protect himself.