Matt peterson
A Fort Worth deputy police
chief has been arrested for cruelty to an animal for fatally shooting a dog
that may have mauled the chief’s cat to death.
Deputy Chief Kenneth Flynn
turned himself in Monday night at the Tarrant County Jail, then was released on
$1,000 bond.
A witness told authorities she
saw Flynn, gun in hand, near a German shepherd last week. She says he told her
the dog killed his cat in the neighborhood, then waved her away. She heard
gunshots a few minutes later and called 911. She also called police later and was
upset that a report hadn’t been made.
Flynn’s attorney tells the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram the shooting of a dangerous dog is legal and his arrest
“reeks of politics.”