Georgia Cops Shot Homeowner and Killed Dog After Responding to Wrong House
A man who was injured after three DeKalb County police mistakenly responded to his Georgia home Monday night was shot by one of the responding officers, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement today. Police also killed the homeowner’s dog and may have seriously wounded a fellow officer.
News of the incident was reported shortly after it occurred Monday, but it was not immediately clear that police officers had fired the shots.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the officers were responding to call of a suspicious person in the area, but did not receive a precise street address. According to GBI spokesman Scott Dutton, they arrived at the home of Chris and Leah McKinley on the 1500 block of Boulderwoods Drive because it fit the 911 caller’s description, but it was not the correct house. “Officers approached the residence and attempted to contact occupants at the residence,” Dutton said. “No contact was made.”
The officers encountered and shot the McKinley’s dog in the home’s kitchen after entering through an unlocked screen door, then shot Chris McKinley in the leg when he entered the kitchen. Dutton said the officers believed there was an intruder in the home, but found “no indication of criminal activity” there.
McKinley was treated and released from Atlanta Medical Center. An officer who was shot in the hip during the incident is in “serious but stable condition,” according to the Journal Constitution. Dutton said that the officers cop was “likely shot accidentally by one of the other officers on the scene.” All three officers have been placed on administrative leave.
