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Off-duty officer shoots, kills dogs attacking his dogs at Tamarac hotel: BSO

Footage from Chopper6 showed two white tarps draped over the canines.

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An off-duty police officer shot and killed two dogs who were attacking his dogs in the parking lot of a Tamarac hotel, officials said. NBC6’s Amanda Plasencia reports

An off-duty police officer shot and killed two dogs who were attacking his dogs in the parking lot of a Tamarac hotel, officials said.

Broward Sheriff's deputies responded at around noon to calls of a shooting in the parking lot of Extended Stay America Suites along West Commercial Boulevard.

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Footage from Chopper6 showed two white tarps draped over the canines.

Officials said dogs were attacking the two dogs of an off-duty Lauderhill Police Department officer when he fired his weapon.

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Witnesses told NBC6 they heard at least four gunshots and the dogs slumping to the ground.

“It was like, pow, pow, pow, pow, and then I see a woman run away," Germain Leger said.

NBC6 reached out to the Extended Stay America Suites to see if the shooter involved was a guest or just passing through.

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