No Justice: Missouri Mayor Resigns After Cop Shot Blind, Deaf Dog That He Was Called To Help

[Sugar Cookie]

A Missouri mayor has resigned after a police officer fatally shot a man’s deaf and blind Shih Tzu when the dog escaped his backyard.

The departure was announced Saturday by the city of Sturgeon after disturbing body camera footage captured the officer repeatedly shooting the dog, who was named Teddy, as he stumbled around in a woman’s open backyard on Sunday, May 19.

“Like you we were just as appalled by what we saw,” Sturgeon Alderman Seth Truesdell said in a statement. “The actions of the Officer involved are not the values and beliefs of the residents of Sturgeon or the board of Alderman.”

Truesdell also shared his temporary appointment as mayor after Kevin Abrahamson resigned from the position on Friday.

This followed the city’s Facebook page initially publicly defending the officer’s use of deadly force, saying “the officer acted within his authority.”

The officer, who was identified by Truesdell and local news outlets as Myron Woodson, has been placed on leave until further notice, and the neighboring Boone County Sheriff’s Department has been contacted about an investigation, according to Truesdell’s statement.

“I personally give my condolences to the owners of Teddy,” Truesdell said. “I know nothing I do now or in the future will bring Teddy back. The board of Aldermen and myself are committed to helping the City of Sturgeon heal.”

Woodson’s body camera footage showed him shooting Teddy after a woman found him stumbling around in her backyard. On Friday, she told HuffPost that she called the city for help locating the dog’s owner out of concern for his wellbeing.

“He was in no way a threat,” said the woman, who declined to share her name publicly out of fear of retaliation.

The dog’s owner, Nicholas Hunter, told HuffPost on Friday that Teddy escaped his backyard kennel while Hunter was out with friends and that he was on his way to retrieve Teddy after receiving a call from another friend when the dog was killed.


When Hunter confronted Woodson about what he had done, Hunter said the officer told him he thought Teddy looked injured or abandoned and wanted “to put him down.”

“He carried his head sideways and he walked funny because he can’t see or hear. The vet diagnosed him with a neurological issue, which was the cause of him going deaf and blind,” Hunter said of Teddy, who was 5.

The woman who found Teddy told HuffPost that she submitted a formal complaint to the city that demanded Woodson’s removal and reasoned that his quick turn to violence shows that he’s a public threat.


“The officer should not be allowed to be an officer. He struggles with power,” she said.

Missouri Mayor Resigns After Cop Shot Blind, Deaf Dog That He Was Called To Help

A Shih Tzu named Teddy was stumbling around in a woman’s backyard when body camera footage captured the officer shooting him twice.

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Here is the full video

 

[DaveL]

That has got to be the most inept, bumbling use of a catchpole that I've ever seen. If I were running a class, trying to teach particularly dim, clumsy people how to use a catchpole, this is the dog I would bring out for practice, right after the students had mastered the inanimate dummy.

 

[thuumpr]

Let's face it. Myron's been on the job for quite soon time and hasn't shot anyone... Anything...

Oh well, here goes!

 

[Angiebla]

I got an email about this.

He went from incompletely trying to catch the dog to shooting him. He was just mad he couldnt catch it.

Was that an animal control officer? Why did he have a gun?

That dog wasnt aggressive at all. What a fucktard.

They dont have a facility to put dogs? So they just shoot them?

 

[Sejanus]

Officer Stumblebum.

 

[Symmachus]

How and why did this man think of this small dog, that happens to be deaf and blind, as such a threat? If he couldn't catch the dog, even the cop thinking of the dog as a threat to his own ego is still too insecure. It's a disgusting form of malpractice and animal cruelty coming from the cop.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

He did not want to bother looking for the owner - he was not afraid of the dog - he just decided the dog was not worth doing the right thing.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Go get butt fucked bitch

Final Update 11/14/2025: Victory! With the assistance of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), the City of Sturgeon, Missouri, and one of its police officers agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a federal lawsuit over the shooting of Teddy. The suit, filed in May 2024 by attorneys Daniel J. Kolde and Eric C. Crinnian, claimed the city failed to properly train, supervise, and discipline the officer involved. The case, brought on behalf of Teddy’s guardian, Nicholas Hunter, sought more than $1 million for violations of his Fourth Amendment rights. We thank those who signed our petition for this heartbreaking case, which was exceedingly frustrating at times!

VICTORY: Punish Police Officer Who Killed 13-Pound Blind, Deaf Dog

Sturgeon, Missouri - On May 19, Officer Myron Woodson responded to a dog at large call. Officer Woodson found a small, white dog who he deemed a "danger to the public." After following the dog for a short period of time, Officer Woodson made the decision to shoot and kill the 13-pound dog.

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Sadly the piece of shit was not fired and received a $16,000 settlement from the city regarding his suspension

 

[Danaf]

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Go get butt fucked bitch

VICTORY: Punish Police Officer Who Killed 13-Pound Blind, Deaf Dog

Sturgeon, Missouri - On May 19, Officer Myron Woodson responded to a dog at large call. Officer Woodson found a small, white dog who he deemed a "danger to the public." After following the dog for a short period of time, Officer Woodson made the decision to shoot and kill the 13-pound dog.

animalvictory.org

Sadly the piece of shit was not fired and received a $16,000 settlement from the city regarding his suspension

He received!! WTF

 

[Aedia]

This is insane! I feel so bad for the woman who called and Teddy's owner.
And the fact he wasn't even fired?!?