ICE, Border Patrol Agents Shoot, Kill Boy's Dog In His Bathroom

Chop was a Rottweiler. He lived with his family in a quiet neighborhood in El Paso, Texas.

On September 9, Border Patrol agents showed up at their home to see if migrants were there. When the family’s son answered the door, he permitted the agents to search his home, saying he had nothing to hide.

But he asked if they could wait first while he put the family dog, Chop, a Rottweiler, away in the bathroom before they walked in, as the dog could be aggressive. He did so.

But when he went out to his pickup to retrieve the ID agents had requested, the same agents opened the bathroom door and shot Chop.

What’s more, none of the Border Patrol agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop as he bled to death on the kitchen floor.

Also, the family claims the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name.

And never mind the detail that, it turns out, Border Patrol terrorized legal citizens and murdered a family member while following a false lead.

Border patrol issued the following statement:

It is a sign of our times that this particular murder didn’t become widely known until this week, when it went viral thanks to the account “We Rate Dogs” — and then others — posting it on Instagram.

The initial news story reported by KFOX14 in El Paso had gone unnoticed in the media until then.

I learned about this at the Drudge Report under the blaring headline “ICE SLAUGHTERS FAMILY DOG.”

Technically, that’s not precise — ICE and the Border Patrol are separate agencies working under Homeland Security for the same purpose under Donald Trump, which is to terrorize Brown people for sport and political gain.

So I offer no apology for using the headline shorthand of “ICE” — they’re all the same to me.

If America can survive the Trump presidency, ICE in its current form should be dismantled and its legitimate functions restructured. After some of its perpetrators face justice.

We are living, in real time, through one of the darkest periods in the nation’s history.

Blood trail after Border Patrol agent shot and killed their dog during a search. Sept. 9, 2025. Boy puts his dog in the bathroom, then agent opens the bathroom door and shoots, kills dog.