{"id":138048,"date":"2026-01-30T20:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/138048\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:22:42","slug":"st-pete-man-accused-of-shooting-killing-dog-in-neighborhood-scared-for-his-safety-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/138048\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete man accused of shooting, killing dog in neighborhood: ‘Scared for his safety’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wed, January 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM UTC<\/p>\n

The Brief<\/p>\n

A St. Pete man was arrested after investigators say he shot and killed a dog in his neighborhood Monday morning, according to a Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n

Deputies say a black Labrador retriever was found dead at the end of a driveway on 46th Street North.<\/p>\n

Edgar Surber, 76, told investigators he was “scared for his safety” when he saw a dog walking toward him across the street. He admitted to shooting the dog in the head after it began barking at him from a few feet away, according to PCSO.<\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A St. Petersburg<\/a> man is facing an animal cruelty charge after investigators say he shot and killed a dog in his neighborhood Monday morning, according to a Pinellas County<\/a> Sheriff\u2019s Office arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n

The backstory<\/p>\n

The affidavit says shortly after 9 a.m., a PCSO deputy responded to a home on 46th Street North, finding a dead black Labrador retriever lying at the end of a driveway.<\/p>\n

MORE NEWS: Mother charged with murder, accused of suffocating 4-year-old son: St. Pete Police<\/a><\/p>\n

\"<div>Courtesy:<\/p>\n

Courtesy: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

Edgar Surber, 76, told investigators he was “scared for his safety” when he saw a dog walking toward him across the street. He did not try to walk away or distance himself from the dog, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Dig deeper<\/p>\n

After being told his Miranda rights, Surber admitted he shot the dog in the head after it began barking at him from a few feet away, PCSO said.<\/p>\n

Surber was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty. He was released on bond Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information for this story was provided by a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, January 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM UTC The Brief A St. Pete man was arrested after investigators…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[67349,1827,67348,596,67350,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-138048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-black-labrador-retriever","9":"tag-dog","10":"tag-edgar-surber","11":"tag-pinellas-county","12":"tag-pinellas-county-sheriff39s-office","13":"tag-st-pete","14":"tag-st-pete-headlines","15":"tag-st-pete-news","16":"tag-st-petersburg","17":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","18":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}