BRUCEVILLE-EDDY (March 13, 2009)--Family members were demanding answers Friday after officers killed a dog and then used a Taser to subdue the dog’s elderly owner for refusing to obey a command to stop, only to learn afterward that the man was deaf and likely didn’t hear the order.

The dog was one of two that chased a Bruceville-Eddy woman into her home and wouldn’t let her come out late Thursday afternoon.

The woman called Bruceville-Eddy’s animal control officer who in turn called an on-duty police officer.

The police officer, along with a deputy McLennan County constable, went to the residence in the 800 block of Old Moody Road where they found the two dogs.

One of the animals ran home, but the other didn’t and instead charged the two officers four times.

The fourth time, when the dog, which was described as a young mixed breed mastiff-pit bull, charged the two officers’ patrol cars, the deputy constable fired.

Meanwhile McLennan County sheriff’s deputies arrived to back up the two officers.

They used a Taser to subdue the elderly man, who reacted angrily to the dog’s death, after the man ignored an order to stop and turned to go back into his house.

They learned afterward the man was deaf.

He was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, but police said he was OK.

Bruceville-Eddy’s police chief said Friday he’s investigating his officer’s conduct during the incident.

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