{"id":363870,"date":"2026-06-17T05:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363870\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T05:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:38:07","slug":"canoga-park-woman-who-witnessed-lapd-shoot-her-dog-speaks-out-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363870\/","title":{"rendered":"Canoga Park woman who witnessed LAPD shoot her dog speaks out \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canoga Park woman who witnessed the death of her 2-year-old dog<\/a> after he was fatally shot by Los Angeles police over the weekend said she\u2019s still processing what happened, all the while as she demands accountability and transparency.<\/p>\n

Marie Marseille said she and her family are heartbroken over the death of their golden Saint Bernard doodle, Jameson<\/a>. The pooch was shot by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday after they alleged he charged at them as they responded to a report of a woman screaming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is so much,\u201d Marseille said. \u201cI never expected this to happen. Never.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marseille said Jameson\u2019s death happened moments after the New York Knicks\u2019 championship win. Officers were called to a Canoga Park apartment Saturday night for a report of a woman screaming, not knowing that those screams were in excitement over the team\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext thing I know, he was on the ground,\u201d Marseille said. \u201cI see the officer shoot him twice. I did see that. I was right there when it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, LAPD said officers were speaking to Marseille when a large dog at her side was barking at officers. The department said when she re-opened the door after being asked to secure her dog, the dog allegedly charged at an officer, prompting them to open fire.<\/p>\n

Marseille denied the police\u2019s allegation that her family pet went after an officer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canoga Park family whose dog was shot and killed by LAPD officers opens up about their grief. Camilla Rambaldi reports for the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2026.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if charged is the right word,\u201d she said. \u201cJameson, he is a very playful dog, very happy and energetic and excited, if he barked. He has never bitten anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a 2023 LAPD \u201cUse of Force Directive\u201d on dog encounters that NBC4 Investigates obtained, officers are told they have several tactics they can use against what they call \u201chostile dogs.\u201d Those tactics include voice commands, spray and fire extinguishers. The directive also states an officer can use deadly force when it\u2019s reasonable to protect the officer or another person from the threat of death or serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the two bullets go into Jameson,\u201d she said. \u201cI went down, he was still breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s shooting is now prompting calls for the LAPD to release body camera video. Marseille, meanwhile, said she is waiting for the department to finish its investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canoga Park woman who witnessed the death of her 2-year-old dog after he was fatally shot by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[27731,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-363870","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\/363870","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=363870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}