Off-duty SAPD officer shoots and kills K-9 while trying to break up dog fight, police say

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police said an off-duty officer shot his K-9 while trying to stop a dog fight.

The shooting happened around noon Saturday in the 9300 block of Lands Point Street.

According to police, three dogs owned by the officer's neighbor broke through his fence and attacked the K-9 in his backyard.

The officer was unable to separate the dogs from the fight. Police said he fired several shots at his neighbors' dogs to stop the attack.

According to police, two of the neighbors' dogs and the K-9 were hit by the gunfire.

The officer took the K-9 to a nearby animal hospital, where it was pronounced dead, police said.

The officer's neighbor was cited for several violations, police said.

Both the SAPD Shooting Team and Internal Affairs Division are investigating the incident.

The civil servant is assigned an administrative service.