Public Record

CBS News Chicago — Report on Aggie and accountability

CBS News Chicago’s report concerning the shooting of Aggie and accountability. This external report is news coverage; reported statements are not judicial findings.

Butler testimony: messages and initial review

Four selected pages of ECF No. 94-9, retaining the surrounding questions and answers, including Butler’s explanation of the messages and further review. Read the Accountability section for context.

City and Mostek’s response opposing Plaintiff’s Rule 72(a) objections

Defendants ask the district judge to affirm the August 26 COPA-document use restriction. This is the defendants’ position, not a ruling. Read the Court Case page for the parties’ competing positions and Maynard’s objection to the filing’s incident summary.

Plaintiff’s Rule 72(a) objections to the COPA-document use restriction

Plaintiff asks the district judge to modify or set aside the trial-only use restriction in the August 26 order. He argues that it was imposed without the good-cause finding required by Rule 26(c), is insufficiently tailored, and creates uncertainty about ordinary litigation uses. The filing requests relief; it is not a ruling granting that relief.

Memorandum Opinion and Order on COPA-document confidentiality

The court held that the City had not established the asserted Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemptions, but expressly limited the plaintiff’s use of the COPA documents to presenting evidence at trial and prohibited their use for any other purpose. The underlying COPA documents are therefore not republished here.

Memorandum Opinion and Order on summary judgment

The court granted summary judgment on Counts IV and VI and denied the motions as to the remaining claims. A denial of summary judgment is not a finding of liability.

Plaintiff’s response opposing the City’s summary-judgment motion

Plaintiff’s filed advocacy concerning scope of employment and the City’s asserted responsibility. Arguments in a brief are not judicial findings.

CBS News Chicago — Chicago man says accountability has been lacking after off-duty CPD officer shot, killed his dog

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

CBS News Chicago’s January 21 follow-up includes on-camera interviews with Kent Maynard and attorney James Benak concerning the investigation, discipline, and accountability. Their statements are attributed interview commentary, not judicial findings.

CBS News Chicago — Standalone video of January 2025 report

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

CBS News Chicago’s standalone video page for its January 2025 segment. The video remains on the publisher’s website and is not reproduced here.

Memorandum Opinion and Order on the City’s motion to dismiss

The court dismissed Counts II and III, the Monell municipal-liability claims, and denied dismissal of the state-law claims against the City. This pleading-stage ruling addressed legal sufficiency, not the ultimate merits of the surviving claims.

First Amended Verified Complaint — public redacted copy

The amended pleading as filed, with residential information redacted for republication. Allegations are not findings; Counts II and III were later dismissed; summary judgment was entered on Counts IV and VI.

FOX 32 News — Week in Review

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

FOX 32 included its coverage of the incident in its June 2, 2024 Week in Review. The Aggie-related report begins at approximately 13:40; the linked roundup also covers unrelated news stories.

FOX 32 News — Video shows off-duty Chicago cop shoot dog

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

FOX 32’s May 29 report concerning COPA’s release and the April 21 incident. Statements and quotations on the linked page are FOX 32’s reporting, not findings by this site or a court.

COPA case portal — Log 2024-0003540

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

COPA’s official collection of the documents, video, and audio it released concerning the incident. COPA warns that some media may be graphic or contain strong language.

FOX 32 Chicago — COPA releases video of off-duty Chicago cop shooting dog in head

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

FOX 32’s original video page, published May 28, 2024 at 9:13 p.m. CDT. This link directs readers to the publisher’s own page; no FOX video or article content is reproduced here. Viewer discretion advised.

CBS News Chicago — Video shows Chicago Police officer shooting, killing man’s dog; COPA has questions

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

CBS News Chicago’s original investigative report following COPA’s release of surveillance video. Statements and characterizations on the linked page are CBS’s reporting, not findings by this site or a court. Viewer discretion advised.

Chicago Sun-Times — Off-duty police officer fatally shoots dog held by neighbor, prompting lawsuit, investigation

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

Kade Heather’s May 28 Chicago Sun-Times report concerning COPA’s video release and the lawsuit. Statements and characterizations on the linked page are the Sun-Times’ reporting or attributed source accounts, not judicial findings.

COPA public-release notice — Log 2024-0003540

COPA’s announcement releasing video and other materials concerning the off-duty weapons discharge.

Third-party video 1 — residence

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

COPA labels this video as showing the officer-involved shooting. Viewer discretion advised. Video is one source of evidence and is not, by itself, a finding regarding conduct.

Third-party video 2 — residence

Sensitive content advisory: This link contains or leads to video of the fatal shooting of a dog and may be disturbing.

COPA labels this video as showing the officer-involved shooting. Viewer discretion advised. Video is one source of evidence and is not, by itself, a finding regarding conduct.

Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) recording 1

Audio released through COPA’s official case portal. It may contain strong or disturbing content and should be considered with the rest of the record.

911 call 1

Audio released through COPA’s official case portal. It may contain strong or disturbing content and should be considered with the rest of the record.

911 call 2

Audio released through COPA’s official case portal. It may contain strong or disturbing content and should be considered with the rest of the record.

911 call 3

Audio released through COPA’s official case portal. It may contain strong or disturbing content and should be considered with the rest of the record.

911 call 4

Audio released through COPA’s official case portal. It may contain strong or disturbing content and should be considered with the rest of the record.

911 call 5

Audio released through COPA’s official case portal. It may contain strong or disturbing content and should be considered with the rest of the record.

ABC7 Chicago — Initial report based on the police account

ABC7’s early report stated, attributing the account to police, that Aggie bit Buddy’s neck and that Mostek fired to stop the attack. The surveillance video had not yet been publicly released.

CBS News Chicago — Initial report based on the official account

CBS’s same-day report described Aggie as attacking Mostek’s dog. Readers did not then have the surveillance video that COPA released on May 28.

CPD Original Case Incident Report — case number JH233484

Redacted incident report released in connection with COPA Log 2024-0003540. The report records an official account; it is not a judicial finding.

CPD Tactical Response Report

Redacted Tactical Response Report concerning the April 21, 2024 discharge. Its descriptions should be read as statements in the report, not findings by this site.

More than Just Collateral Damage: Pet Shootings by Police

Courtney G. Lee’s University of New Hampshire Law Review article examines the Fourth Amendment implications of police shootings of companion animals, including the danger that gunfire directed at animals can pose to nearby owners and bystanders. It is general scholarship, not evidence or a finding in Maynard.

Maglaya v. City of Chicago — Monell pleading analysis

Judge Robert M. Dow Jr.’s opinion discussing when alleged failures to investigate and discipline, combined with an alleged police code of silence, may plausibly supply the causal “moving force” required for municipal liability. The ruling addressed pleading sufficiency, not proof or liability, and does not revive the dismissed Monell counts in Maynard.