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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Tennessee police officer charged for allegedly fatally shooting seven dogs

a police vehicle for McNairy county
Brackin had reportedly worked at the McNairy county sheriff’s office for nearly a month before his departure. Photograph: McNairy County Sheriff's Office

A sheriff’s deputy from the US state of Tennessee is facing criminal charges and reportedly quit his job after he fatally shot seven dogs whose wellbeing he had been sent to check on.

Connor Brackin, 24, was on duty for the McNairy county sheriff’s office on 4 November when he was tasked with going to a home in Bethel Springs to check the condition of some dogs there, the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) said in a recent statement.

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