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Posted: 11:40 am PST November 25, 2009Updated: 10:41 pm PST November 25, 2009
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HAYWARD, Calif. -- A father on an ice cream buying trip to the corner market with his daughter and the family dogs was fatally shot by a man who became enraged when one of the pets sniffed him, authorities said Wednesday.A Hayward police spokesman said the incident took place at about 10:06 p.m. Tuesday when authorities got a 911 call reporting a shooting.Arriving officers discovered 38-year-old Thomas Cunningham of Hayward lying unconscious outside the store, an apparent victim of a shooting.Investigators said that Cunningham and his 13-year-old daughter had walked their two dogs to the neighborhood liquor store to buy ice cream. Cunningham went into the liquor store to purchase the ice cream while the daughter waited outside with the dogs.When Cunningham returned to his daughter with the ice cream, police said, they began walking home. As they passed the suspect, one of the dogs approached the suspect and sniffed at him.Police said the suspect asked the victim and his daughter to pull the dog away, and the girl did so. But then the suspect and victim began exchanging words and the suspect became angry.Investigators said the unidentified suspect pulled out a handgun and shot the victim at least once. The victims daughter, meanwhile, run into the market screaming for help.The victim was transported to Eden Hospital via ambulance, where he was pronounced dead.
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HAYWARD, Calif. -- A father on an ice cream buying trip to the corner market with his daughter and the family dogs was fatally shot by a man who became enraged when one of the pets sniffed him, authorities said Wednesday.A Hayward police spokesman said the incident took place at about 10:06 p.m. Tuesday when authorities got a 911 call reporting a shooting.Arriving officers discovered 38-year-old Thomas Cunningham of Hayward lying unconscious outside the store, an apparent victim of a shooting.Investigators said that Cunningham and his 13-year-old daughter had walked their two dogs to the neighborhood liquor store to buy ice cream. Cunningham went into the liquor store to purchase the ice cream while the daughter waited outside with the dogs.When Cunningham returned to his daughter with the ice cream, police said, they began walking home. As they passed the suspect, one of the dogs approached the suspect and sniffed at him.Police said the suspect asked the victim and his daughter to pull the dog away, and the girl did so. But then the suspect and victim began exchanging words and the suspect became angry.Investigators said the unidentified suspect pulled out a handgun and shot the victim at least once. The victims daughter, meanwhile, run into the market screaming for help.The victim was transported to Eden Hospital via ambulance, where he was pronounced dead.
more at link: http://www.ktvu.com/news/21724877/detail.html