A dog was stomped to death at a North Hollywood home on Thursday, Oct. 15, where burglars entered the property while residents were asleep and stole a safe before they were captured.
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A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson had scant details about what happened, saying only that a call for backup went out during a burglary call in the 6000 block of Farmdale Avenue around 2:50 a.m. Thursday and that suspects were arrested, but according to NBC4, four suspects were caught following two separate chases and the safe was recovered.
Police told the station that when the burglars entered the home, they encountered a French bulldog that was stomped on and fatally injured before the crew removed the safe from a separate building at the rear of the property.
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One of the arrested suspects had a firearm and all four were booked on suspicion of felony burglary and animal cruelty, according to NBC4.
Attempts to reach the watch commander and the LAPD’s North Hollywood station were not immediately successful.
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