Roaming Rottweiler Shot With Taser Gun Prompts School Lockdowns
Dog Returned To Owner
POSTED: 5:12 pm EST November 19, 2007
UPDATED: 7:44 am EST November 20, 2007
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. -- A Rottweiler loose in a Central Florida neighborhood was shot with a Taser gun by a sheriff's deputy on Monday but kept running, forcing officials to lock down two nearby schools.
The dog and a pregnant female Rottweiler escaped from the back yard of a Rockledge home near City Hall and Bear Hugs day care, cornering a resident returning home.
"I was standing out here in my driveway getting out of the car with my friends," Debby Brown said. "The dog is about 90 pounds -- solid muscle."
Police were called to the neighborhood and a deputy shocked the animal with 50,000 volts of electricity by shooting it in the neck with a Taser gun as the dog ran passed him. After being struck, the Rottweiler continued to run around a house.
The dog was later caught by its owner, who would not talk to Local 6 News about the incident.
The female was captured by Animal Control officers, but both dogs were returned to their owner, who was cited in the incident.
"Animal Control has been out here a gazillion times and won't do anything about (the dogs). The dogs need to be taken away from these people (and) put down," Brown said.
No one was injured in the incident.
It is not known if the dogs' owner has been previously cited.