A woman is angry after claiming that she and her dog were shot in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. Police said her dog and another dog were fighting when the other owner drew a revolver.
Emile Grimm said her dog initiated the fight on Seabreeze Boulevard, but she disagrees with how it concluded.
“In shock, traumatized,” Grimm said. “The whole time (he said) I’m going to shoot your dog and I’m like please don’t shoot my dog this happens and the fact is he did it after everything was released.”
Grimm says she was walking her two pit bulls in Fort Lauderdale Friday when one of them, Sweetie, seized onto another dog’s ear. Grimm says she and the other owner attempted to separate them.
“Immediately I kneeled on his neck, I was punching my dog trying to get him off and this big guy was doing the same and right away, I’m going to kill your dog, and I said please don’t,” Grim said.
Grimm claims her dog then bit the other owner on the leg. Police say the owner pulled out a revolver and shot Grimm’s dog. Grimm said a bullet also grazed her hand.
“I was cradling her neck and he was down on one knee and he pulled out a gun and said I told you I was going to shoot your dog so I put my hand in the way and it grazed my hand,” Grimm said. “I saw the skin fly off and he did a second shot and it went through the other side and I was holding her in a puddle of blood and my hand was bleeding everyone was videotaping and he said I did it, I have a gun permit standing there like nothing and I’m like how dare you someone helps my dog it was chaos.”
Grimm’s dog was still at the vet on Saturday. The dog is alert and taking antibiotics. On Friday night, veterinarians removed the bullet from Sweetie’s neck.
“What if that bullet hit a child? That would be a whole different story,” Grimm’s boyfriend Anthony Laplant remarked. “I’m hoping they put this guy in jail.”
Grimm claims police asked her if she wanted to seek charges, and she answered yes. She understands that Friday could have ended differently.
“My dog started it, yes, but it ended wrong,” Grimm added. “It shouldn’t have ended like that.”
There were no updates from Fort Lauderdale police on Saturday.
