Officer walks onto private property to check out a burn pile and ends up shooting the family dog, Woodrow.

Officer walks onto private property to check out a burn pile and ends up shooting the family dog, Woodrow.

Family: "Why did he shoot Woodrow?" "It’s private property."
Officer: "He was coming after me, ma’am."

Then a second dog charges at him on camera.

Justified self-defense, or should he never have been in that yard?

— DocumentingLibs (@USADocumented) October 29, 2026