LAPD kills dog in Knicks shirt while responding to call on screaming woman — who was celebrating Knicks win

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A family dog in Los Angeles was shot dead by police after a neighbour mistook its owner's excited basketball cheers for screams of distress.Jameson, a two-year-old mix of golden retriever, St Bernard and poodle, was killed by LAPD officers outside his home.Video footage captured the dog lying motionless on the ground, dressed in a New York Knicks jersey, as his devastated owner wept over him."Oh my God!

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Oh my God, I cannot believe this is happening.

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I cannot believe this is happening," Marie Marsielle, Jameson's owner, shouted at officers through her tears."We were just so happy.

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We were celebrating the Knicks.

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We were f***ing celebrating the Knicks," she continued.Marie and her family were watching the NBA championship match on Saturday evening when a neighbour heard what sounded like screaming.She had been on a FaceTime call with her son Jeremiah Garcia at approximately 8pm, while he was in his girlfriend's flat downstairs."I spring up the stairs and I see yellow tape on the...

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LAPD kills dog in Knicks shirt while responding to call on screaming woman — who was celebrating Knicks win.

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Video captured the moments after Los Angeles police fatally shot a dog that was wearing a New York Knicks jersey as officers were responding to calls of a screaming woman — screaming which turned out to be a celebration of the Knicks winning the NBA championship.

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