A dog shot outside his Southwest D.C. home Thursday night now needs expensive surgery.
Dwight Foster’s 10-month-old shepherd-lab mix Double O was shot three time in the 200 block of L Street SW.
The dog survived but needs jaw surgery that costs more than $10,000.
Foster is a senior citizen living on a fixed income.
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“He means the world to me,” he said. “Like I told them, that night I just wanted him to get well.”
An employee at a veterinary hospital started a community fundraiser on GoFundMe to help Foster and Double O.
D.C. police and the Humane Rescue Alliance are investigating.
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