This is tragic any way you look at it. My dad used to help train police dogs. I got to play with them as a child. They are very well behaved, however I must say that after looking at the photo of Flip, he does look a bit like a pit bull and from far away say maybe 30 or 40 feet, I would be a little scared. Sorry all you pit bull lovers but the bred makes me nervous. Perhaps this man looking at Flip thought he had a pit ball mix on his hands and fired away. Very Sad.