UPDATE: Owner Of Wyckoff Dog Shot By Cop Disputes Account Of What Happened

The owner of the 5-year-old German shepherd that was shot and killed by a Wyckoff police officer yesterday doesn’t agree with the police department’s account of what happened.

Patrolman Kyle Ferreira shot Igor Vukobratovic’s dog, Otto, twice after he said the dog lunged at him out of a window and bit his foot. Ferreira was at the house investigating a reported burglary.

“I get home and there Otto was, against the wall. He couldn’t walk,” Vukobratovic said. “He looked at me and he was scared.”

Vukobratovic’s neighbor across the street called the police about a potential burglary that may have occurred at their house at 621 Lawlins Road Wednesday.

Ferreira responded to 622 Lawlins Road instead, Vukobratovic’s home.

Police said Ferreira knocked on the front door, but since no one answered, he went around to the backyard. He reportedly saw an open window and drew his gun. That’s when Otto allegedly lunged at Ferreira, biting his foot.

Police said Ferreira fired his gun at Otto four times, shooting him twice.

“The dog slept by the door or right below the stairs near the door, if the cop knocked on the door, Otto would have went running toward it,” Vukobratovic said.

Otto would come out of the house through a doggie door that’s connected to a back door on the house.

Otto was taken to his veterinarian who was unable to help him. He was then transported to Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus. The bullets went through his lungs and spine, lodging inside of his body. Part of one of the bullets became lodged in his heart and doctors kept him alive for a brief time with chest compressions.

“I was probably the last thing he saw,” Vukobratovic said.

Vukobratovic said one of the neighbors at 621 Lawlins ran out of his house when he realized Ferreira was going to the wrong house.

“The cops responded to a non-lethal incident, there was no burglary in progress,” Vukobratovic said. “That’s your reaction, to shoot the dog?”

Vukobratovic adopted Otto when he was 2 months old.

“He was a protective dog, but he’s not going to lunge at someone and attack them,” Vukobratovic said. “He would run up to people and sniff them and was very friendly.”

Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said authorities are investigating the incident.

(Pictured: Otto, the 5-year-old German Shepherd/Courtesy of Jessica Zolotorofe)