Cop Shoots Family's Dog, Accidentally Hits 4-Year-Old Girl, Leaves Scene Without Helping

Chris | InformationLiberation
Oct. 12, 2015



After being called to provide medical help to a woman in need, an Ohio cop shot a family's dog which allegedly charged at him and accidentally hit their four year old daughter with his stray bullet.

The family claims after the shooting the officer got back into his car and eventually drove off without telling them whether he called for help and without asking if their daughter was OK.

From Inside Edition:
A cop accidentally shot a four-year-old girl while responding to an incident inside her home.

Her mother, Andrea Ellis, had cut her arm on some glass in her house near Columbus, Ohio, and her sister called 911 for help.

“She's bleeding all over the place!" her sister said in the call. "I need a paramedic!"

By coincidence, a cop on a routine call happened to be on the block. She called out to him for help.

"Sir, can you get me a paramedic?! I need a paramedic here!” she said.

But as the cop approached the house, events took a horrific turn. Cops said the family pet - a boxer-terrier mix named Patches, charged at the officer.

The cop fired his gun, and the bullet hit Andrea's four-year-old daughter, Ava, in the leg, shattering the bone.

"She asked me several times, 'Mommy, am I gonna die?'" Andrea Ellis told INSIDE EDITION.
Andrea Ellis writes of the officer's actions after the shooting on Facebook:
Officer Thomas never said sorry, never said it was an accident, never said that he called for help or was going to call for help, never asked if Ava was ok, and never asked if he could check on Ava. Officer Thomas went back to his vehicle and started to pull away. My neighbors have even verified that he started pulling away before any help was there. Officer Thomas shot Ava and left knowing he shot Ava and not knowing the condition she was in.
You can read her full account of the shooting on her Facebook page Prayers for Ava.













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