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The mayor of a small Missouri town has resigned and residents are calling to shut down the police force after a cop shot a deaf, blind dog and left people outraged.
The owner of the 13-pound Shih Tzu mix is suing the city of Sturgeon for $1 million after horrifying body cam footage captured the moment officer Myron Woodson shot dead Teddy, 5, on May 19, according to a report from the Washington Post.
According to the report, Kevin Abrahamson, the former mayor resigned amid the controversy without a publicly stated reason.
The video from the body cam footage obtained by the Daily Mail opens with an innocent white, fluffy Teddy roaming around in a grassy field.
Woodson is holding a metal catch pole and saying “come on baby” to encourage Teddy to put his head through the lasso end of the catch pole.
Later in the video, Teddy is seen playing with a rope around a tree when Woodson walks up to the confused pooch and shoots twice.
Woodson then tells a neighbor: ‘I had to dispatch it.’
The neighbor tells Woodson she was concerned he was firing his gun because she had children nearby, but Woodson’s shadow can be seen on the body cam footage using his hand to wave off the mother’s concerns.