Thank you all very much, just had to vent here as we are devastated. It was a wrongful shooting and excessive use of force by the cops. Wendy had been having trouble with a neighbor who called about Lily being loose. There was none else outside except Lily and Wendy and I trying to herd her back in the house. We had Lily in Wendys front lawn when the cop stopped. He stopped 150' up the road and got out gun drawn. Lily took off his direction and we started yelling for him to get back in his car so we could get her back in the house, The cop instead walked to the back of his car and shot Lily while we watched. It was not a clean kill either Lily lived a few minutes and died in my arms as she bled out. She would not have hurt him but he never gave her the chance. The worst part for me is that she jerked out of my hands to get loose in the first place so I blame myself, if I had held tighter she might still be alive today. The cop had plenty of time to get back in his car and no one was in danger or even out except us. There was no reason to shoot her. I see it in my head still, it was very traumatic and I cried several times at work today. Looks like tomorrow is the day we pick him up although it looks like he won't be Dudley now since one of Wednys friends has a daughter whos last name is Dudley. Still trying to figure out a name. My granddaughter keeps saying she wants her Lily back, my grandson seems to have accepted that she is in heaven with our other dogs who have passed playing and having a good time until we can come be with her too.
