PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A local dog owner is looking for answers after someone shot his dog Jack last Friday.
Tim Tierney was in his front yard on Channing Avenue and Harris Road letting his dog, a three-year-old pitbull-lab mix, get all his extra energy out.
Tierney was tossing Jack’s favorite ball on the lawn at midnight in the Cradock area of Portsmouth when he saw the man, tall, skinny and in his early 20s, walking down Harris Road around midnight when the dog ran across the street.
“The dog ran out in the street to say hi to him, and get attention,” Tierney said. “He was in a submissive stance at his feet.”
Tierney called for Jack twice and let the man know that he was outside with his dog. He said the man hears and makes eye contact with him.
“I kept moving, and by the time I got to right here, he pulled the gun out, pointed it straight down, and just shot him point blank, and then ran up the street,” Tierney said.
In the video captured, you see the man run down Harris Road. Tierney initially took off after him, but then went to look for Jack.