A San Diego cop gunned down a man’s service dog after knocking on the wrong door, the heartbroken owner said.
Ian Anderson claims he opened the door to two officers early Sunday morning, and his pet pit bull, Burberry, bounded out behind him.
The first officer reached down as if to pet the 6-year-old pooch, but his partner danced away, drew his gun and unloaded, surveillance video revealed.
“Boom. Shot right in the head, and he was done,” Anderson told NBC San Diego. “He was dead.”
The officers were reportedly investigating a domestic disturbance call about 5:30 a.m. and ended up on Anderson’s doorstep by mistake.
It’s not clear why they targeted his house. A police spokesman didn’t immediately respond to questions from the Daily News.
“I know nothing will bring Burberry back, but it only seems necessary that this Officer is reprimanded for his disorderly actions, before this trigger happy Officer takes more lives,” Anderson wrote on Facebook.
Burberry was a registered service animal, who helped the 24-year-old deal with anxiety following his father’s death, Anderson told NBC San Diego.
“He was the best dog in the entire world,” he told NBC San Diego. “I would do anything to have him back right now. Absolutely anything.”
The grieving dog lover is lobbying for better training for police officers who might deal with animals.
An online petition started by a friend calls for police to take courses modeled after a Colorado law, designed to cut down the number of animals killed by cops.
More than 4,600 people had signed on Wednesday.
