Monroe police release bodycam video of officer fatally shooting dog that 'aggressively charged'

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Monroe, MI - A Monroe police officer searching for a runaway child Thursday afternoon fatally shot a person's dog that "aggressively charged" him, according to a press release from the city's public safety department.

The person, who is described as "transient," was later arrested on warrants issued by other area police departments and cited for "dog running at large" because the animal was not licensed nor leashed, the Monroe Public Safety Department posted on social media.

Officers were called to an area school for a reported runaway 12-year-old, according to the department. The 12-year-old was eventually found safe at home.

The responding officers began searching the area near the River Raisin and South Monroe Street. One officer "looked under a building and noticed what appeared to be someone sleeping there. When the officer identified himself as the police, a pitbull dog aggressively charged at the officer," the department says.

The officer feared for his safety and shot the dog, according to the department.

The transient person then identified themself as the dog's owner and was cited, with further investigation revealing the warrants. The social media post does not specify what the warrants were.

The dog's corpse was turned over to animal control.