INDIANAPOLIS — Ashes are all that are left of Debo.
The dog was shot and killed on Thursday, Aug. 1 by an IMPD officer, and the shooting was captured by a doorbell camera.
Police were called to the near northeast Indianapolis home near 23rd and Adams streets, which is near North Sherman Drive, for a domestic disturbance.
The doorbell camera video shows two dogs run out of the house as three officers stand outside the front door.
One of them was Debo.
When Debo ran toward one officer, the officer drew his handgun and shot Debo. The dog immediately ran from the officer, who shot it at least one more time.
"When he got the opportunity to run, he was going to run, but the officer took it as Debo was trying to attack him. Debo went to sniff him, and he gunned that dog down, and it's so heartbreaking," said Ashley Bills, who is the daughter of Debo's owner.
IMPD said the officer was bitten on the foot, but you cannot see that happen in the surveillance footage.
NOTE: 13News has chosen not to show Debo being shot, but you can see the moments leading up to it in the video below:
Debo's family believes he was killed because police were annoyed with the family.
Bills said the officer "don't care too much for my brother. He's been out here before. I think he was tired of coming out to the address. He was frustrated."
The family had Debo cremated and said they'll keep his ashes and the bullet that killed him as they try to hold that officer accountable for their loved one.
"My mom is gonna go ahead and distribute some of the ashes to the kids because the kids wanted some of his ashes," Bills said. "We're gonna go ahead and keep him. I mean that's really the only thing we have of him."
A spokesman for IMPD said this incident will be reviewed by the Civilian-Majority Use of Force Board, which is standard operating procedure.