MEQUON, Wis. (CBS 58) — An investigation is underway and activists are asking for justice after a police officer fired 16 shots at two dogs, killing one. CBS 58 obtained body camera video of the shooting, and we want to warn you, you may find it disturbing.
“It was shocking. I mean, it was horrific and brutal,” said Danielle Dietz, who along with Alicia Hegedus, rescued one of the dogs shot by former Thiensville Police Officer Richard McCormick.
On April 23, around 1:30 a.m. near the intersection of N. Cedarburg Road and Highland Road, Mequon police responded to a call of two abandoned pitbulls. When they weren’t able to get the two dogs into their squad car, the officers agreed they’d try again later. In body camera footage, you hear them say they’re doing so “since it’s night and they’re not bothering anyone, no one’s in danger. It’s not like people are walking around.”
However, two hours later, Thiensville Officer Richard McCormick, in his police report said, while he was out of his jurisdiction, “In good faith, and consistent with my responsibilities as a police officer, I believed I should notify Mequon PD and attempt to safely contain the dogs so they would not pose a danger to motorists or pedestrians.”…