Los Angeles police today asked the public's help in locating a suspect who was seen taking a dog attached to the bed of his pickup truck and leaving him for dead in an alley in North Hollywood.
The witness saw a male on July 4 in the alley between Kittridge and Hamlin streets, a block east of Laurel Canyon Road.
The witness confronted the suspect, who fled.
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It was not clear if the dog was rescued or had been injured before being for dead.
The truck was described as a possible late 1980s white Toyota pickup truck with dark stripes on its side and a toolbox in the bed of the truck. The vehicle also had large off-road tires, a sunroof, and a small extra cab windows.
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Anyone with information on the crime was asked to call the LAPD Animal Cruelty Task Force at (213) 486-0450.
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