Calhoun, Tenn., Police Chief James Burris says he had no choice but to shoot a dog he thought was a dangerous stray.
But moments after he pulled the trigger, the dog’s owners ran outside their mobile home, Chief Burris said.
“I didn’t want to do it, but I had to,” he said. “We could not catch the dog, and he was aggressive toward us.”
He said he acted within city ordinances.
David Jaynes, the owner of the husky named Little Man, could not be reached Thursday for comment.