LOS ANGELES FIRE CHIEF ASSISTANT GLYNN JOHNSON ADMITS TO BEATING PUPPY TO DEATH

'Eyewitness reports that Glynn Johnson repeatedly punched the dog in the head and then tried to break its jaws apart eventually beating the dogs head with a large rock'  Travis Staggs the eyewitness said  'that it was a really gruesome sight and that he knew the dog was not going to make it'

Please note the Veternarians ruler at the top of this photo measuring the severe swelling that is developing above and beside her closed eye- around her jaw and down her snout to her nose- This is the least of the graphic photos from the Emergency Veternarian Specialists- 

Dr. Angela Howard is one of the veternarians who worked on Karley. She said that the animal was so badly beaten that she had to be put down. "I've never seen a dog come in with that level of head injury",  said Dr. Howard. "I've seen pets that were hit by cars and thrown by the car and they suffered fractures to the nose and the skull but I've never seen a case where their head was that badly damaged". Karley suffered a fractured skull,  a broken nose, severe brain damage, a broken jaw and lost an eye.

Dr. Sarah Hoggan and her staff  at Emergency Veternarian Specialists had the very sad and unfortunate task of putting an end to Karleys suffering.

"They were in tears" - says a heartbroken Shelley Toole.

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'How can any human being just murder a puppy for no reason' Shelley Toole says fighting through tears.

Her family can't sleep.

Karley was a six month old shepherd mix.

What may surprise many people is that the neighbor is Los Angeles County Fire Chief Glynn Johnson.

On online biography lists a 30 year stellar career with the department. It says he's an expert in counter terrorism among other areas.

But his neighbors of the last ten years have a very different picture of the man. Jeff Toole, Shelley Tooles husband says he believes Chief Johnson needs alot of help.

The Tooles say that Monday night, Karley got out and went over to neighbor Travis Staggs home,  he lives on the other side of Glynn Johnsons house.

Staggs said he was walking Karley home when Glynn Johnson stepped in and said that he would take the dog back home.

Staggs said that he reluctantly handed over the puppy and thats when it happened in Johnsons front yard.

Staggs says that Johnson simply started beating the dog and that the dog did not attack Johnson first.

According to the eyewitness, Johnson hit the dog repeatedly with a closed fist, put his hands in the puppys mouth and tried to break its jaws, and eventually beat the dog over the head repeatedly with a large rock from the front yard.

Staggs said that he tried to intervene but he couldn't. The Tooles later decided to put Karley down due to the extent of her injuries.

Riverside Deputies are still conducting interviews with eyewitnesses in an attempt to determine what happened in the case. If detectives find enough evidence that the dog beating was unwarranted then they will hand over the case to the District Attorney for a possible animal cruelty charge which is a felony.

The Tooles say that there is a "history of violence" with Glynn Johnson and deputies are looking into these claims as well.

"This man needs to go to prison for what he did",  says Shelley Toole. She adds,  "Karley was my baby and he took her away from me"

Story published on KTLA Television News, November 6th, 2008.