Our Family Dog was Murdered. #JusticeForSage

I am raising funds so that Sage’s owners can obtain legal assistance to find justice for Sage. ALL money will go directly to Sage’s owners to help with legal fees and any networking. Please help Sage’s UNJUSTIFIED MURDER come to justice.

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Early Saturday morning on Oct. 1st a phone call was made to Kitty Hawk Police Dept concerning a neighborhood dog loose. A dog known by this particular neighbor to be kind and sweet especially to children, but to get loose too often and therefore be a nuisance.

The two playful family dogs had at some point made their way off the property, meandered around the culdesac, maybe pee’d on a mailbox and made their way back into their OWN YARD where their owner was doing yard work. BOTH DOGS WERE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. They were not even close to the road, easily 40’ into the driveway, nearly to their own front porch steps.

In that moment, the dog’s owner, whom had walked up his porch steps to get something, looked up to notice a man in all black abruptly walking down his KITTY HAWK NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEWAY. WITH INTENTION, HE WALKED ONTO THE DOG’S PROPERTY AND DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE DOGS. AGAIN, THE DOGS ARE IN THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY, WITHIN 20-30 feet of their own front porch steps. THIS UNKNOWN MAN TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, TRESPASSING, NEVER ANNOUNCES HE IS A POLICE OFFICER. THIS MAN ABRUPTLY WALKING ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY, DIRECTLY TOWARDS TWO DOGS, NEVER ANNOUNCES HIS PRESENCE! HE NEVER ANNOUNCES HIS GUN IS DRAWN. HE NEVER ANNOUNCES HE WILL FIRE. HE NEVER ASKS THE OWNER TO FURTHER RETAIN HIS DOGS. *Within the few seconds that the owner first spotted this person in his yard, SHOTS WERE FIRED. Not one bullet, but 3, went directly into our precious Sage’s body. One Right between her eyes. D E A D in an instant. DEAD in front the other dog. DEAD in front of curious neighbors that just heard SHOTS FIRED OUT THEIR WINDOW. DEAD IN FRONT OF THE ONLOOKING NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN. 

So what happens next in these few moments; while the dog’s owner, whom deals with PTSD after his own father was murdered with a shot to the head? The owner in complete shock, watches his family member, a registered therapy dog, bleed out and what the officer does next is GATHERS ALL THE SHELL CASINGS OFF THE GROUND and leaves the scene.

Those are the facts leading up to the death of A REGISTERED THERAPY PET that was shot point blank in the head while she was in her own yard.

IN HER OWN YARD, WHERE THE POLICE AND NEIGHBORS HAVE HARRASSED HER TO STAY! IN HER OWN YARD, WHERE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE! IN HER OWN YARD, WHERE AN OFFICER THAT DID NOT IDENTIFY HIMSELF, WALKED DIRECTLY TOWARDS HER AND SHOT HER IN THE HEAD!

He never announces who he is or that he’s an officer. He never announces he’s going to fire. He just shoots 3 times. Now the officer’s story has changed ‘the dog bit him from behind.’

The killer of Sage was on duty at 6 AM Saturday morning. His partner stated to me that morning that all officers are required to wear body cameras. They are also required to be sure the cameras are in working condition when they start their shift. The partner of the officer that shot our dog said to me that both of their cameras were in working order that morning. Remember, the officer that shot our dog was the only one on scene when he fired shots and did not park his vehicle in sight of the owner. He did not announce his presence or ask the owner to further detain his dogs before shooting Sage dead.

I’d like to tell you that was the end of the torment for our family, but it wasn’t. The two same officers were sent back to the street this morning (the morning after Sage was murdered) to ‘investigate’ an adjacent property. How conveniently set up. The SAME OFFICER THAT SHOT OUR FAMILY DOG CAME BACK THE NEXT MORNING WHILE WE WERE DIGGING THE HOLE TO BURY HER. THE SAME OFFICER WAS SENT BACK AND USED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MOCK THE DOG’S OWNER BY LAUGHING AT HIM AS HE WEPT.

Our Sweetpea Sage is dead. She will never wag her tail again. She will never lay her head in the sun. She will never jump in the ocean. She will NEVER BE THERE TO EASE HER OWNER’S PTSD. DEAD for doing what she was told to do by every one around her. DEAD for doing the right thing. DEAD for being in her OWN YARD. DEAD for barking when a stranger rushed up on her on her own property unannounced with a gun drawn. Sage is DEAD.

DEAD BECAUSE SHE WAS A BULLY BREED.



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