Video: Michigan Deputies Take Down Bull

April 4, 2016
Dashboard camera video shows Kent County deputies confront a bull that attacked and killed a farmer before firing 33 shots to put it down.

Newly released dashboard camera video shows deputies in Kent County, Michigan confront a bull that attacked and killed a farmer in March.

Deputies were called after a neighbor saw the 1,500-pound bull acting aggressively toward 71-year-old Roger Bearup, who was trying to corral the animal on a farm in Lowell Township on March 9, according to MLive.com.

The bull was blocking access to the man, forcing deputies to corner it in a driveway and shoot it with rifles 33 times to put it down.

Bearup was pronounced dead on the scene.

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