Police in Los Angeles accidentally shot and killed a 17-year-old
boy after unleashing bullets on a charging pit bull the teenager was
trying to protect.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the boy, Armando Garcia-Muro, an incoming high school senior died on Thursday
after being shot in the chest.
The teenager was caught in the gunfire
as two sheriff’s deputies opened fire on the attacking animal.
"My
nephew was trying to save the dog because the cops started shooting at
the dog, he put his life on the line for an animal that wasn't even his"
the teenager’s aunt, Amber Alcantar said.
Authorities
said Garcia-Muro was likely caught in the crosshairs of ricocheting
bullets. The deputies were responding to complaint calls of loud music
at about 3:50 a.m.,
when they were met at the residence by an aggressive pit bull.
The
sheriff’s office said the roughly 65-pound dog charged at the deputies
and bit one on his left knee. Garcia-Muro appeared, corralled the dog
and took it to the back of the apartment complex as the deputies moved
to the street to focus on the injured officer. The pit bull then came
running from the back of the residence, prompting a pair of deputies to
open fire on it from up to seven feet away.
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