HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Angry threats have been pouring into a Southern California police station after a video that was widely circulated on the Internet showed an officer fatally shooting a Rottweiler, police said Wednesday.
Hawthorne Police Department employees are getting "criminal threats of harm" after the video surfaced showing a uniformed officer shooting the dog four times Sunday, said Chief Robert Fager.
The shooting occurred after police surrounded a home where a gunman reportedly robbed two people.