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CASE NO. 16042616 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 16042616

DISPOSITION: ZULU

DIVISION: ROAD PATROL

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ANIMAL BITE SIGNAL CODE: !0 CRIME CODE: NON CRIME CODE: AR CODE: 9"!0 02#24#16 $EDNESDAY

ZONE: A22 GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: %"6% NAME: LYNCH GREGORY ASSIST: TIME D 0&19 A 0&22 C 04&9

OCCURRED BET$EEN DATE: 02#24#16 0&1% HOURS AND DATE: 02#24#16 04&9 HOURS

E(CEPTION TYPE:

INCIDENT LOCATION: 1466 N MILITARY TL APT. NO.:

CITY: $EST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: &&409

NO. OFFENSES: 00 NO. OFFENDERS: U) NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0

LOCATION: PAR)ING LOT # GARAGE

NO. VICTIMS: 00 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0

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NAME LIST:

ROLE:

OTHER TIMOTHY M ZELL DOB: 04#29#19""

SE(: M RACE: $ HT: 600 $T: 2%0 HR: GRAY EYE: BLUE

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 4100 BELVEDERE RD $PB FL &&401 HOME PHONE:"61 000*0000BUSINESS PHONE: "61 000*0000

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STATUS 1 + STOLEN 2 + S#R DIFFERENT DAY

CODE & + S#R SAME DAY 4 + RECOVERED FOR OTHER ,URISDICTION

-STA " + LOST ITEMS % + EVIDENCE SEIZED 9 + OTHER -ARSON#VANDALISM

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DATE S T P R O P E R T Y

STLN# T Y BRAND CALIBER SERIAL#NUMBER VALUE VALUE TELETYPE

RECOV A P NAME -GUN DESCRIPTION STOLEN RECOVERED NUMBER

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

022416 % Z .40 CALIBER 1

CASING

022416 % Z 12 GUAGE SHOT* 1

GUN SHELL

.. REPORT NUMBER: 1

EVIDENCE TA)EN BY ....... D#S LYNCH /%"6%

PHOTOS TA)EN BY ......... SGT FUN) /!!21

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DISPOSITION: ZULU

ON 02/24/16, I RESPONDED TO THE GREATER YAMAHA, LOCATED AT 1466 NORTH

MILITARY TRAIL, IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, IN REFERENCE TO AN ANIMAL CALL. THE

ANONYMOUS CALLER ADISED THAT THREE DOGS !ERE ATTAC"ING A MALE IN FRONT OF THE

BUSINESS. UPON ARRIAL, AN UN"NO!N MALE ON THE SIDE!AL", !AS !AING ME DO!N AND

POINTING TO!ARDS THE FRONT OF THE BUSINESS. AS I PULLED TO THE FRONT OF THE

BUSINESS, I COULD SEE THREE DOGS, COERED IN BLOOD, !HICH THROUGH MY

E#PERIENCE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED AS PIT BULL, OR PIT BULL MI#ED DOGS. THE

DOGS !ERE ATTAC"ING A MALE, !HO !AS LYING NE#T TO THE FRONT !ALL OF THE

BUSINESS. THE MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS TIMOTHY ZELL, !AS COMPLETELY NA"ED

AND COERED IN BLOOD. ZELL !AS YELLING $HELP ME%$ THERE !AS A LARGE AMOUNT

OF BLOOD FROM THE !ALL OF THE BUSINESS TO THE END OF THE CONCRETE !AL"!AY AND

IN THE GRASS. I APPROACHED AND YELLED AT THE DOGS TO GET THEIR ATTENTION OFF

ZELL.

THE DOGS THEN TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO!ARDS ME. THE DOGS APPROACHED AND

!ERE BAR"ING AND SNARLING. FEARING FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF ZELL, I

DRE! MY ISSUED PBSO HANDGUN. THE DOGS CONTINUED TO APPROACH BAR"ING AND

SNARLING. I !AS THEN FORCED TO SHOOT ONE OF THE DOGS. I FIRED ONE SHOT FROM

MY HANDGUN, STRI"ING THE DOG CLOSEST TO ME. ALL THREE DOGS THEN FLED

SOUTHBOUND THROUGH THE PAR"ING LOT. I ADISED, IA RADIO, THAT I HAD SHOT ONE

OF THE DOGS AND RE&UESTED FOR FIRE RESCUE TO RESPOND FOR ZELL. D/S GEORGE THEN ARRIED ON SCENE. I THEN SA! ALL THREE DOGS RUNNING BAC"

THROUGH THE PAR"ING LOT TO!ARDS US. BOTH D/S GEORGE AND I DRE! OUR PBSO

HANDGUNS AND POSITIONED OURSELES BET!EEN THE DOGS AND ZELL. D/S GEORGE AND I

!ERE ABLE TO MANEUER, "EEPING THE DOGS FAR ENOUGH A!AY APPRO#IMATELY THREE

FEET(, SO THAT I !AS ABLE TO RETRIEE MY PBSO ISSUED SHOTGUN FROM MY EHICLE.

FIRE RESCUE THEN RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. FIRE RESCUE !ERE STAYING IN

THEIR EHICLE AND I THEN TOLD D/S GEORGE TO TELL FIRE RESCUE TO GET TO ZELL,

FEARING FOR HIS SAFETY DUE TO HIS IN)URIES AND AMOUNT OF BLOOD LOSS. AS D/S

GEORGE !ENT TO GET FIRE RESCUE, ONE OF THE DOGS AGAIN BEGAN TO APPROACH ME. I

THEN AGAIN, FEARING FOR MY SAFETY AND FOR ZELL, !AS FORCED TO SHOOT THE DOG.

I FIRED ONE SHOT 00 BUC"SHOT( FROM MY PBSO SHOTGUN STRI"ING THE DOG, AND

"ILLING IT. THE OTHER T!O DOGS THEN FLED SOUTHBOUND THROUGH THE PAR"ING LOT.

I AM UNSURE IF THE DOG I SHOT !ITH THE SHOTGUN IS THE SAME DOG THAT I SHOT

!ITH MY HANDGUN.

FIRE RESCUE !AS THEN ABLE TO GET TO ZELL TO TREAT HIM. ZELL !AS

TRANSPORTED AS A LEEL 1 TRAUMA ALERT TO ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL RUN NUMBER 16* 211+(. SGT. FUN" -21 RESPONDED TO AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE SCENE. ANIMAL CARE

AND CONTROL ACC( OFFICER MOULTON -21 RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE ATTAC", MOULTON !ANTED TO CHEC" FOR THE OTHER

T!O DOGS. D/S GEORGE, D/S SIMPSON, AND I THEN ESCORTED MOULTON SOUTHBOUND,

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DISPOSITION: ZULU

!HERE THE DOGS !ERE LAST SEEN RUNNING. AFTER SEARCHING THE IMMEDIATE AREA, !E

!ERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE OTHER T!O DOGS AND RETURNED TO THE SCENE.

I THEN COLLECTED THE SHOTGUN SHELL AND .40 CALIBER CASING, PLACING THEM

INTO EIDENCE. ACC OFFICER MOULTON COLLECTED THE BODY OF THE DECEASED DOG ACC CASE NUMBER 2+(.

I LATER !ENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO MEET !ITH ZELL BUT !AS UNABLE TO MEET

!ITH HIM DUE TO HIM UNDERGOING SURGERY FOR HIS IN)URIES.

THIS ENDS MY INOLEMENT IN THIS CASE.

D/S LYNCH -+6+

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CASE NO. 16042616 SUPPLEMENT 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 16042616

DISPOSITION: ZULU

DIISION: ROAD PATROL

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ANIMAL BITE 3 3 3

SIGNAL CODE: 0 CRIME CODE: NON CRIME CODE: AR CODE: 0 02/24/16 !EDNESDAY

ZONE: A22 GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 66 NAME: GEORGE ASSIST: TIME D 01 A 022 C 04OCCURRED BET!EEN DATE: 02/24/16 , 01+ HOURS AND DATE: 02/24/16 , 04 HOURS

E#CEPTION TYPE:

INCIDENT LOCATION: 1466 N MILITARY TL APT. NO.:

CITY: !EST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 40

NO. OFFENSES: 00 NO. OFFENDERS: U" NO. EHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0

LOCATION: PAR"ING LOT / GARAGE

NO. ICTIMS: 00 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0

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ON 02/24/2016 AT APPRO#IMATELY :1+ AM !HILE I !AS EMPLOYED !ITH THE PALM

BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE NORTH REGION DISTRICT ROAD PATROL DIISION,

!OR"ING IN A MAR"ED SHERIFF'S OFFICE PATROL EHICLE !ITH EMERGENCY LIGHTS,

SIRENS, PBSO INSIGNIA AND IN FULL PBSO ROAD PATROL UNIFORM, I !AS ASSIGNED TO

PATROL UNINCORPORATED !EST PALM BEACH. !HILE I !AS ON PATROL, I !AS NOTIFIED

BY THE PBSO DISPATCH THAT THEY HAD RECEIED A CALL FROM AN ANONYMOUS CALLER STATING THAT AT 1466 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL, 2* DOGS !ERE ATTAC"ING A HOMELESS

MAN. PBSO DISPATCH HAD ME RESPOND TO THE ADDRESS TO INESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.

UPON MY ARRIAL TO THE SCENE I HEARD A GUNSHOT AND THEN D/S LYNCH -+6+

ADISED IA RADIO THAT HE HAD TO SHOOT ONE OF THE DOGS. AS I APPROACHED THE

AREA I OBSERED A !HITE MALE, FULLY NA"ED, COERED IN BLOOD AND SEERAL LARGE

CUTS AND DOG BITES ON HIS BODY. HE STATED $HELP$. I THEN OBSERED THREE PIT

BULLS RUNNING BAC" TO!ARDS US IN THE PAR"ING LOT. THE PIT BULLS !ERE COERED

IN BLOOD AND !ERE BAR"ING. AS THE DOGS APPROACHED US, D/S LYNCH AND I PLACED

OURSELES IN BET!EEN THE IN)URED !HITE MALE AND THE DOGS. THE DOGS CONTINUED

TO APPROACH US BUT STAYED AT A FOOT DISTANCE FROM US. D/S LYNCH ADISED THAT

HE HAD ALREADY SHOT ONE OF THE DOGS. AS THE DOGS !ERE !AL"ING AROUND IN THE

PAR"ING LOT, D/S LYNCH !AS ABLE TO GRAB HIS PBSO ISSUED SHOTGUN. HE ADISED ME

THAT HE !OULD "EEP THE DOGS A!AY AND TO HAE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERICES EMS(

!AL" IN TO TREAT THE IN)URED MALE.

AS I TURNED TO !AE EMS TO COME IN I HEARD ANOTHER GUNSHOT GO OFF. I

TURNED AROUND AND SA! ONE OF THE PIT BULLS DEAD ON THE GROUND AND THE OTHER T!O FLEE THE AREA. EMS THEN CAME OER AND BEGAN TREATMENT ON THE IN)URED MALE.

ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL !AS THEN CONTACTED TO RESPOND FOR THE DOGS.

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CASE NO. 16042616 SUPPLEMENT 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 16042616

DISPOSITION: ZULU

UPON THE ARRIAL OF ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, THEY STATED THAT THEY !OULD

GO LOO" FOR THE OTHER T!O DOGS SO THEY CAN GRAB THEM BEFORE THEY HURT SOMEONE

ELSE. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE !OULD LI"E A DEPUTY TO ESCORT HIM SO THAT IF THE

DOGS START TO ATTAC" HIM AND HE CAN'T "EEP THEM A!AY !E !OULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST HIM. I THEN GRABBED MY PBSO ISSUED SHOTGUN AND BEGAN !AL"ING !ITH

ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL TO!ARDS THE DIRECTION THE DOGS !ERE LAST SEEN RUNNING.

AFTER LOO"ING AROUND THE AREA, !E !ERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE OTHER T!O DOGS.

I THEN RETURNED TO THE SCENE AND HAD NO FURTHER INOLEMENT !ITH THIS

CASE. THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT THE ORIGINAL REPORT FOR

INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THERE IS NO FURTHER INFORMATION TO REPORT AND

THIS CONCLUDES MY INOLEMENT !ITH THIS CASE.

D/S GEORGE/66

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