PRESS RELEASE UPDATE
July 26, 2017
As a the result of the investigation into the shooting of the dog on July 19, 2017, a Bedford County Sheriff’s Animal Control deputy charged Fred Dooley with Cruelty of an Animal on Tuesday July 25, 2017.
Also on Tuesday, Natasha Simpson, the dog’s owner, was charged with {1} Fail to Vaccinate (Rabies) and {2} Fail to have registered a dog, (No County Dog Tag).
PRESS RELEASE
July 20, 2017
On Wednesday evening July 19 at 8:20 p.m., Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call to Oak Park Drive in Goodview. The caller reported that a man had just shot a dog in front of children. While Bedford County Sheriff’s deputies were responding, dispatchers received a call from Fred Dooley. Dooley advised dispatchers that a neighbor’s dog had bitten his grandson and he was requesting an ambulance. After arriving on the scene deputies observed injuries consistent with a dog bite on the child’s leg. Dooley advised the deputy that after the dog had attacked his grandson, he retrieved his handgun from inside his home. He then walked down the road, located the dog and shot it twice. The child was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
FRED A. DOOLEY
The deputy also spoke with several witnesses and determined that there were several children playing in the area when Dooley shot the dog. The deputy arrested Fred Dooley, age 60, and charged him with Reckless Handling of a Firearm. He was transported to the Bedford Adult Detention Center. He was released on bond.
Bedford County Sheriff’s Animal Control deputies are following up with the dog’s owner.
