Kansas police are still searching for suspects responsible for beheading an officer’s beloved German Shepherd puppy named Ranger in an alleged “targeted” attack.
Support has poured in for the Parsons Police Department officer’s family, who were left devastated after they found the body of their three-month old puppy lying in the backyard with its head severed.
Investigators said there were several factors that led them to believe the incident was a targeted attack on the officer who owned Ranger. Ranger was outside in the backyard at about 7 a.m. and at some point was led outside and killed in another area.
Ranger’s remains were dumped back into the officer’s backyard and were found at about 2 p.m., Ludwig said.
“There was no doubt that they knew this was an officer’s dog,” Ludwig said. “The officer had their patrol vehicle in the front yard, so they knew. It was fenced in and the dog had ample room to play. There was a lack of evidence that it was killed there, so we know someone led it out of the yard. There was a piece of the puppy’s lower jaw still attached to the body when it was tossed back into the yard, but a majority of the head is still missing.”
Neighbors also turned in video to police, but investigators either did not find any usable footage or the cameras were not recording at the time of the incident, Ludwig said. The officer did not have a camera in the backyard.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/13/kansas...rgeted-attack/
Support has poured in for the Parsons Police Department officer’s family, who were left devastated after they found the body of their three-month old puppy lying in the backyard with its head severed.
Investigators said there were several factors that led them to believe the incident was a targeted attack on the officer who owned Ranger. Ranger was outside in the backyard at about 7 a.m. and at some point was led outside and killed in another area.
Ranger’s remains were dumped back into the officer’s backyard and were found at about 2 p.m., Ludwig said.
“There was no doubt that they knew this was an officer’s dog,” Ludwig said. “The officer had their patrol vehicle in the front yard, so they knew. It was fenced in and the dog had ample room to play. There was a lack of evidence that it was killed there, so we know someone led it out of the yard. There was a piece of the puppy’s lower jaw still attached to the body when it was tossed back into the yard, but a majority of the head is still missing.”
Neighbors also turned in video to police, but investigators either did not find any usable footage or the cameras were not recording at the time of the incident, Ludwig said. The officer did not have a camera in the backyard.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/13/kansas...rgeted-attack/
