The incident happened in the early hours Sunday in East Williamsburg. Police said 47-year-old Kenneth White and his 24-year-old girlfriend were arguing inside an apartment on Morgan Avenue, and it quickly escalated.
According to police, White punched his girlfriend, choked her and put a gun to her head, saying "I'm going kill you. Give me two reasons to not shoot you."
The argument shifted to who owned the dog, Honey, a 2-year-old pit bull mix. Police said White put the gun in the dog's mouth and fired a shot. He then left the apartment.
The dog was taken to a local veterinary hospital for treatment.
The arrow on the X-ray shows where the bullet is lodged inside the dog. Police said it passed through a bone in the dog's skull and is now in a muscle in the back of her neck. The vet said the bullet won't be removed -- if it's pulled out the dog will die.
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Honey is expected to survive, but may need to have another surgery.
White was arrested Tuesday morning, and has been charged with long list of crimes:
- criminal possession of a weapon
- reckless endangerment
- strangulation
- menacing
- aggravated cruelty to animals
- criminal contempt
- torture, injure or not feed animal
Police said the girlfriend had an active order of protection against White that was issued in 2011.