It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog
MARION COUNTY SHERIFF
FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
CASE REPORT: 12-0000722 – 0000
INCIDENT: 612 ANIMAL INVESTIGATION
LOCATION: 4735 SOUTH COUNTY ROAD 800 WEST
GEO ZONE: AREA: BEAT:
OCCURRED: 06/27/2012 22:53 TO 06/27/2012 23:59
REPORTED: 06/27/2012 AT 22:53
ARRESTS: 0 INJURED: 0 DEAD: 0 VEHICLE TOWED: 0
MODUS OPERANDI:
METHOD OF ENTRY:
POINT OF ENTRY: ENTRY LOCATION:
WEAPON USED: CRIME CODE: ALL OTHER OFFENSES EXCEPT TRAFFIC
GANG ACTIVITY: GANG:
ALARM:
PERSON: 1
PERSON INVOLVEMENT: ANM ANIMAL OWNED BY
PERSON NAME: SHAMBAUGH,THOMAS
RACE: W WHITE SEX: M MALE
DATE OF BIRTH: AGE:
NARRATIVE:
ON, 06/27/2012, AT 2253 HOURS, I, SERGEANT BEN COE, WITH THE
MARION CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY CELL PHONE BY
SERGEANT TOM SHAMBAUGH. SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH STATED TO ME THAT HE
SHOT HIS PERSONAL CANINE USING A DEPARTMENT ISSUED SHOTGUN. THIS
WAS DUE TO THE CANINE BITING HIM, BEING AGGRESSIVE, AND BEING
VERY AGITATED. I HAD SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH CALL 911DUE HIM BEING
INJURED FROM THE DOG BITE. I HAD REQUESTED THE RADIO CONTROL
OPERATOR FOR THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE CREATE A DISPATCH RUN. I MADE
NOTIFICATION TO CAPTAIN BOB SMITH, RESERVE SECTION COMMANDER,
AND I PROCEEDED TO SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH’S RESIDENCE. I ARRIVED ON
THE SCENE AND FOUND SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH BEING TREATED BY SUGAR
CREEK MEDIC 45 EMS# 0253. I TALKED WITH SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH. HE
STATED HIS CANINE HAD BEEN AGGRESSIVE AND AGITATED AND THE DOG
ESCAPED FROM ITS KENNEL THIS MORNING. SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH STATED
HE HAD TO PUT THE CANINE IN HIS SQUAD CAR KENNEL FOR SAFE
KEEPING THIS MORNING AFTER THE CANINE HAD ESCAPED. SERGEANT
SHAMBAUGH STATED HE CALLED SHERIFF’S OFFICE K9 OFFICER STALCUP
EARLIER TODAY SO THEY COULD GO OUT TOGETHER AND HIS CANINE SO IT
COULD RELEASE SOME ENERGY; HOWEVER THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE.
SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH STATED HE ARRIVED HOME AND WENT TO PLAY WITH
HIS CANINE NAMED PACO. PACO BECAME VERY AGITATED AND AGGRESSIVE
TOWARDS SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH AS HE WAS RETURNING HIM TO THE
KENNEL. WHEN PACO GOT INSIDE THE KENNEL, IT PUSHED AND ATTACKED
SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH, BITING HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING PAIN
AND BREAKING SKIN TO ONE OF HIS FINGERS. SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH HAD
TO FORCEFULLY KICK THE KENNEL FOR PACO TO BACK UP SO HE COULD
LOCK IT. SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH STATED PACO THEN WENT TO THE AREA OF
THE KENNEL WHERE HE ESCAPED FROM THIS MORNING. SERGEANT
SHAMBAUGH FELT THIS WAS A THREAT TO HIS SAFETY AND WENT TO
RETRIEVE HIS DEPARTMENT ISSUED 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN AND SHOT THE DOG
TWICE; ONE SHOT TO STOP THE THREAT AND THE SECOND SHOT TO STOP
THE ACTION. SERGEANT SHAMBAUGH SIGNED AN SOR (SIGNATURE OF
RELEASE) WITH THE SUGAR CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT. SERGEANT
SHAMBAUGH WAS LATER CHECKED BY IU OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH. ANIMAL
OFFICER: C7739 COE,BEN K IMPD
OFFICER: S1323 SHAMBAUGH,THOMAS MCSD
OPERATOR: 06/28/2012 15:09 H1663 HUBBS,MICHAEL R MCSD
