Clayton County Officer Shoots, Kills Dog

A Riverdale man said he felt mistreated after an officer shot and killed his dog in response to a false alarm Friday.

“It’s not right. It’s just not right for Clayton County police officers to do that,” Stacy Clark told Channel 2’s Rebecca Lindstrom.

Police officers said they thought there was a holdup at the house. When they arrived, Clark’s dog, Jadore, came running out and one officer didn’t have enough time to grab his pepper spray, police said. He reached for his weapon instead, police said.

Clark said Officers asked everyone in the house to step outside, and three of them were ordered to the ground and handcuffed. Police removed the handcuffs after verifying their identities.

That’s when Clark noticed Jadore wasn’t moving, he said.

When Clark asked what happened, he said he was told, “I shot it. Just point blank, I shot it.”

Clark’s alarm company had contacted officers claiming someone hit the panic button around 4 a.m. The panic button should have automatically sounded an alarm in the house, but Clark and his roomates said it never did.

They also said they have never heard the dog growl or attack.

“She’s just not no vicious dog, period,” Clark said.

Tonya Quillan was one of the handcuffed roommates, but she said she understands why police acted toward them they way they did.

“They were following procedure. They didn’t know if we were invaders of whatever…,” she said.

It is also standard procedure for a police supervisor to review any case involving an officer firing a weapon.

ADT home security will be sending a technician to the home to assess the alarm.