A man whose family dog was shot and killed by police officers said he heard at least two loud bangs when he was on the phone with his mother when the shooting took place.<\/p>\n
Jeremiah Garcia recalls being on a FaceTime call with his mother on Saturday when police officers responded to a report of a woman screaming at their Canoga Park apartment complex. The screaming didn\u2019t come from any danger but instead, excitement over the New York Knicks\u2019 victory in the 2026 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n
However, officers with the Los Angeles Police Department arrived at the complex and spoke to Garcia\u2019s mother. The family\u2019s 2-year-old Golden Saint Bernard Doodle, Jameson, was barking at the officers, who ordered Garcia\u2019s mother to secure her dog. When Garcia\u2019s mother re-opened the door, the dog exited the apartment unit and police allege he charged at an officer, prompting them to open fire.<\/p>\n
Video captured Garcia\u2019s mother heartbreakingly grieving the family pet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spring up the stairs and I see yellow tape, caution tape on the stairwell. And I see my dog,\u201d Garcia said with tears in his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, I see my mom in my home just screaming at the top of her lungs,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cI tried to console her, I tried to. It was just so horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garcia was at his girlfriend\u2019s house watching the game when he was on FaceTime with his mother and heard the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt one point, I\u2019m guessing that\u2019s when the cops told her to move away from the body, that\u2019s when she finally screams my name,\u201d Garcia said. \u201c\u2019Jeremiah, Jeremiah \u2013 Jameson is dead.\u2019 I just broke down. I didn\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
A memorial for Jameson is now growing in the hallway of the apartment complex. Neighbors have left flowers and cards as the family processes their grief.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was the best dog you would ever, ever see. Ever meet,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cEveryone loved him, all my neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to LAPD, Los Angeles Department of Animal Services responded to the scene and took custody of Jameson\u2019s body. It has not been said if or when the family would get it back.<\/p>\n
Police said the investigation remains underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man whose family dog was shot and killed by police officers said he heard at least two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[27731,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-362457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-canoga-park","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}