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  • What led to a South Brunswick officer fatally shooting a dog?

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• South Brunswick officer fatally shoots dog after attack during call (news12.com) — A South Brunswick police officer shot and killed a dog that attacked him while he was checking on escaped livestock near a roadway, according to county prosecutors. The officer was treated at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center and released, while the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office now leads an independent investigation into the shooting under state rules.
   

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