TAMARAC - An off-duty Lauderhill police officer shot and killed two dogs outside an Extended Stay America hotel in Tamarac late Monday morning, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

An off-duty Lauderhill Police officer shot and killed two dogs in Tamarac on Monday afternoon, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.

An off-duty Lauderhill police officer shot and killed two dogs amid an attack in a Tamarac hotel parking lot Monday afternoon, witnesses and a spokesperson for the officer’s agency said.

An off-duty police officer shot and killed two dogs who were attacking his dogs in the parking lot of a Tamarac hotel, officials said. Broward Sheriff’s deputies responded at around noon to calls of a shooting in the parking lot of Extended Stay America Suites along West Commercial Boulevard.

An off-duty Lauderhill police officer shot dead two dogs outside a Tamarac motel Monday that he said were attacking his pets, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Around noon, sheriff’s office spokesman Carey Codd deputies found the dead dogs when they arrived at the Extended Stay America, located at 3873 West Commercial Blvd.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by Tamarac Fire Rescue. BSO later identified the man as Charles Mowry, 44, of Southwest Ranches. Authorities confirmed that a woman was detained for questioning and is cooperating with detectives.

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