April 17, 2025 • 47 secs
Boston police said an officer fired a gun at a dog on Thursday morning after it tried to attack an officer near the Boston Marathon Finish Line on Boylston Street. WBZ NewsRadio's James Rojas was on the scene.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I was right in the middle of filming cruise painting
the Boston Marathon finish line when screaming could be heard,
followed by a single gunshot and then chaos. This came
after police tried removing two homeless people and their dog
from the sidewalk in front of the Boston Public Library.
Police claimed the dog was vicious and tried attacking the officer.
(00:22):
Justin Ku was standing right by me.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
It was loud enough to make me turn around and
see what was going on, and then we saw the
two officers who was standing back there with the tasers
ready to go, and then they pushed us all back.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
No one was hit by the gunshot. The dog was
later tased and taken in by animal control on Boylston Street.
James Rojas WBZ BOSTON'SNOWS radio
I was right in the middle of filming cruise painting
the Boston Marathon finish line when screaming could be heard,
followed by a single gunshot and then chaos. This came
after police tried removing two homeless people and their dog
from the sidewalk in front of the Boston Public Library.
Police claimed the dog was vicious and tried attacking the officer.
(00:22):
Justin Ku was standing right by me.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
It was loud enough to make me turn around and
see what was going on, and then we saw the
two officers who was standing back there with the tasers
ready to go, and then they pushed us all back.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
No one was hit by the gunshot. The dog was
later tased and taken in by animal control on Boylston Street.
James Rojas WBZ BOSTON'SNOWS radio
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