Crime & Safety
Off Duty Cop Shoots Pit Bull In Hollywood Tourist Destination
An off-duty LAPD officer working as a security guard shot and killed a pit bull inside a business at Hollywood and Highland: BREAKING.
HOLLYWOOD, CA — A dog was shot Thursday by an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer at a business in the Hollywood tourist zone.
Police received a report about 3 p.m. of a vicious dog at a business in the 6800 block of Hollywood Boulevard, near Highland Avenue, according to Officer Irma Mota of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
The dog was shot by an off-duty LAPD officer, she said.
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Please avoid the area - Hollywood Blvd closed between Highland Av. & Orange Dr. for investigation involving a dog shooting.
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It was unclear if the officer was injured and the condition of the dog was not immediately available.
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According to a report from the scene, the dog was a pit bull that was shot in the head at the Disney Studio Store and Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop, where the officer was working a private security job along with a second security guard who also may have opened fire on the dog.
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