A police dog was also killed. Always hate the death of a puppy dog. RIP Pepper.
But a very odd report as the news was breaking: "Now what we know through our experience and you as viewers here at the station -- is that a K-9 dog is a police officer. If you assault a canine dog you are assaulting a police officer. And that would take deadly force into response." - Steve Eager,
Fox 4 News with a tortured attempted explanation of the Texas Penal Code of which I was not aware.