A dog was fatally shot outside of a Brampton home as officers investigated a “suspicious person” on Tuesday morning.
Peel Regional Police said officers were involved in an interaction with a man, who was standing outside of a residence near Chinguacousy Road and Williams Parkway with a dog, at around 5 a.m.
According to officers, the dog “became aggressive towards police.” The dog was then subsequently shot and pronounced dead.
The man who owns the home where the incident took place described what he and his wife heard at the time.
Umair Chaudhry said he saw a man outside of his home and called out “Who are you? What do you want at this point in time? This is night.”
“Then I told him if you don’t go away then I will call the police and he didn’t respond to me,” Chaudhry said.
After police arrived on scene, Chaudry said the dog became “very aggressive.”
“There were two or three cops and they were trying to calm him down and then immediately I was told to go to the back of my house and then I heard gunshots – four or five of them,” he said. “I was inside my kitchen and I see some debris flying.”
Hours after shots rang out, damage could be spotted on the steps leading to the home’s front door and shell casings were found on the pavement.
Umair Chaudhry is seen pointing out damage to his home's front door after a police interaction in Brampton. (CTV News Toronto / Nick Dixon)
A neighbour said her family heard the dog barking before gunfire erupted.
“There was a dog barking and we heard a police officer because our window was open and he kept saying ‘get down, get down’ but unfortunately I guess the person didn’t get down so three shots were fired and then we later heard the person getting detained,” Giselle said.
“Maybe about 20 minutes later I saw a man and he was arrested and later put into an ambulance.”
Officers said the man was taken into police custody and has since been charged with trespass by night and mischief.
