North Las Vegas OKs fatal dog shooting settlement of $145K
The North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday voted to settle a fatal police shooting of two dogs.
Thomas Walker and Cathy Cataldo will receive $145,000 from the city for the 2012 shooting deaths of two pit bulls, Pinky and Blue.
In its agenda item, North Las Vegas said it recommended settling the case to save public money.
North Las Vegas SWAT officers served a search warrant at Walker and Cataldo’s home near Carey Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard on Sept. 14, 2012.
The 2014 lawsuit claims the dogs were running toward the backyard, away from the officers, when they were shot.
It is the second fatal dog shooting the city has settled since October, when council members approved paying more than $125,000 to a man whose dog was shot and killed in 2013.
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