{"id":393439,"date":"2026-09-08T06:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/393439\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T06:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:36:15","slug":"shooting-of-dog-that-allegedly-charged-at-couple-in-fort-pierce-investigated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/393439\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting of dog that allegedly charged at couple in Fort Pierce investigated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shooting of dog that allegedly charged at couple in Fort Pierce investigated<\/p>\n<p>The injured animal was taken to an emergency animal hospital for treatment. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788849374_993_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Allen Cone\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office is investigating after a man said he shot a dog because the animal charged at his wife and him on Sunday in the Indian River Estates subdivision.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and conducting interviews with independent witnesses and gathering additional information about the incident. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The shooting occurred in the 5900 block of Palm Drive in Fort Pierce. <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/61657bda-12b3-4d10-93ff-a5d48421fb47.png\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>google map<\/p>\n<p>Dog shot in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/61657bda-12b3-4d10-93ff-a5d48421fb47.png\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">According to a preliminary investigation, the woman pulled into her driveway, and two dogs approached her vehicle and prevented her from safely getting out of her vehicle. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">She contacted her husband for assistance. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">He said he came outside and observed the dogs before returning inside the residence to retrieve a handgun. When he came back outside, one dog charged toward him in an aggressive manner, the sheriff&#8217;s office said. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">As the dog approached and before he was bitten, the man fired his handgun, striking one of the dogs. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">After the shooting, both dogs fled to a nearby residence on Myrtle Drive, where they reside. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">The owner transported the injured dog to an emergency animal hospital for treatment. The dog\u2019s condition is not currently available. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">&#8220;At this time, the investigation remains active, and no further conclusions will be drawn until all available evidence has been reviewed,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said. &#8220;The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office remains committed to conducting a thorough and objective investigation and will provide additional verified information when appropriate.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">Stay up-to-date: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">Follow us on social: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpbf25news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPBF25News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wpbf25news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WPBF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@wpbf25news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shooting of dog that allegedly charged at couple in Fort Pierce investigated The injured animal was taken to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[36984,23829,1827,7742,157000,15018,667,2391,660,171,173,172,6551,215,156999,732,221,189],"class_list":["post-393439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-additional-information","tag-couple","tag-dog","tag-handgun","tag-independent-witness","tag-interview","tag-investigation","tag-man","tag-office","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-residence","tag-shooting","tag-st-lucie-sheriff","tag-vehicle","tag-weather","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393439","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=393439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}