{"id":392451,"date":"2026-09-06T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392451\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:16:09","slug":"dog-shot-after-charging-at-man-in-st-lucie-county-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392451\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog shot after charging at man in St. Lucie County, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man shot and injured a dog after deputies said it charged at him and his wife in Indian River Estates Sunday.<\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> is investigating the shooting, which happened in the 5900 block of Palm Drive.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, a woman had just arrived home and pulled into her driveway when two dogs approached her vehicle and prevented her from safely getting out.<\/p>\n

Fearing for her safety, she called her husband for help.<\/p>\n

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The man went outside and saw the dogs before returning inside to retrieve a handgun, deputies said. When he came back outside, one of the dogs charged at him aggressively.<\/p>\n

Before the dog could bite him, the man fired his handgun, striking one of the dogs, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Both dogs then ran to a nearby residence on Myrtle Drive, where they live.<\/p>\n

The owner took the injured dog to an emergency animal hospital for treatment. Its condition was not immediately available.<\/p>\n

Investigators are reviewing surveillance video, interviewing independent witnesses, and gathering additional evidence as they work to determine exactly what happened.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office said the investigation remains active and no further conclusions will be made until all available evidence has been reviewed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man shot and injured a dog after deputies said it charged at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-392451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392451","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=392451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}