Perp still at large.
Via Fox News:
A pit bull that was shot in the face and found covered in bleach in May was officially adopted this week by the same patrol officer who rescued him.
On May 9, Timothy Elliott, a patrol officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, fielded a call about an injured dog that had wandered into a local post office.
When he arrived at the scene, Elliot saw the dog “in the corner lying in a pool of blood,” Elliott told Fox News on Saturday, adding that there was “an overwhelming smell of cleaning chemicals,” when he walked into the area where the pup was. The smell was later determined to be bleach.
But despite his injuries — which included a gun wound to his left eye, a bleach burn to his right eye, a shattered jaw and a few cracked teeth — the dog, later named “Winx,” still wagged his tail, managing to walk over to Elliot where he leaned his body against the officer’s legs before falling down at his feet.
It was at that moment, Elliot said, that he felt a connection to the dog, who was taken by Indianapolis Animal Care and Control officials.
Later, Elliot, determined to find a home for the dog, visited Winx with his wife, Tiffany.
“She sat down on the floor and [Winx] came to her and sat between her legs,” Elliot said, adding that the pup appeared to be smiling.
The couple then took Winx home to foster him. But it didn’t take long to decide that they wanted to keep him for good.
“After a couple of days, we decided to adopt him,” he said. But in reality, Winx “made the decision for us.”