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Los Angeles police fatally shoot pet dog of family celebrating Knicks win

The Guardian · Jun 16, 2026, 9:20 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

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Video taken after the shooting shows a woman sobbing over the pet with nearly a dozen officers standing around Police in California shot and killed a family’s pet dog wearing a New York Knicks jersey after they were called to a report of a screaming woman who turned out to be celebrating the basketball team’s championship win.Video of the aftermath of Saturday’s shooting of the two-year-old doodle named Jameson, “the sweetest boy in the world”, according to the dog’s owner, received millions of views on TikTok on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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