Below is a copy of the newspaper article about the shooting. Maybe that will inspire sone help.

While Merced police officers were pursuing a shoplifting suspect Saturday morning, a pit bull threatened them and an officer shot the dog, which died about nine hours later while being treated by a local veterinarian.
Lt. Andre Matthews of the Merced Police Department said officers ultimately apprehended Frederico R. Gonzales, 40, of Merced in the 1200 block of West 20th Street. He is suspected of shoplifting from the Grocery Outlet, 1125 W. Main St.
Matthews said officers were searching backyards in the 1200 block of West 19th and 20th streets for Gonzales. Officers Brian Rodriguez and Raquel Rios, the first officers on the scene, had observed the man run down the alley but did not see which yard he entered.
During the backyard search, officers saw an open door on a shed and entered the yard to see if the suspect was hiding inside. While checking the yard, a 10-year-old pit bull ran at one of the officers. The dog continued to charge at the officer who then fired one shot at the dog.
Matthews said the owner of the dog was notified and an animal control officer took the injured canine to a local veterinarian for treatment of the gunshot wound and shock.
Gonzales was found hiding in a backyard in the 1200 block of West 20th Street and tried to escape by jumping a fence again but was surrounded by officers, Matthews said.
Gonzales was booked into Merced County Jail on suspicion of petty theft, aggravated assault, making terrorist threats, resisting arrest, along with a felony warrant and two misdemeanor warrants. He remained in jail Sunday night in lieu of $148,000 bail, a correctional official said.
The name of the officer involved in the shooting is not being released, Matthews said.
"The officer spoke with the owner to tell him what had happened. Both the dog's owner and the officer were saddened that the dog had to be shot and everyone was hopeful that the dog would recover from its injury. At about 6 p.m. notification was made that the dog did not survive his injury," Matthews said.
At 9:18 a.m., officers responded to the Grocery Outlet. Store employees said a man who was being detained for shoplifting had bit one person to get away.
Store employees told dispatchers the man then pulled a knife and threatened to kill the employees before running from the establishment, Matthews reported.