Woman Says Police Lied To Cover Up Fatal Dog Shooting
By Emma G. Gallegos in News on Jul 30, 2015 3:05PM
Police say that they shot and killed a dog in Little Village Tuesday night to save an elderly woman who was being attacked. However, the woman in question disputes their story: She says she was never attacked, and in fact she begged them not to shoot the dog.
Chicago police say they got a call about a dog attack in the 2700 block of South Whipple Street around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday night, and when they arrived, they witnessed a dog attacking and biting Martha Castillón, and that the dog turned to attacked officers as well. Police say Castillón was transported to the hospital for dog bites.
However, Castillón told DNAinfo that the police story was almost entirely concocted. Castillón calls their story "lies, pure lies."
Castillón was the previous owner of the 3-year-old pit bull named Brownie, but in 2013 she gave the dog to her neighbor Daniel Arredondo, who was out buying dog food at the time of the shooting. On Tuesday night, she says she heard Brownie barking and was trying to corral her. She grabbed her by the collar but Brownie bolted and ended up dragging Castillón across the pavement, injuring Castillón. She cried out for help and neighbors called police. She said she was never bitten, and police weren't either.
She yelled "don't shoot, don't shoot!" as she held the dog down, according to DNAinfo, before police shot and killed the dog.
Police did not comment on Castillón's allegations to DNAinfo. Arredondo returned home after the shooting to find his dog lying in the yard with her guts splayed out, and Police wrote him a citation for not having a dog license, according to CBS.