Cruelty & Cold

NBC 4: A Columbus firefighter took heat after he confessed to fatally shooting his two dogs and dumping their bodies in a fire-station dumpster. Firefighter David Santuomo, a 12-year department veteran, told Capital Area Humane Society investigators the two dogs grew ill after digesting antifreeze Thursday, Dec. 4. Santuomo said the dogs were shot Sunday, Dec. 7. Kerry Manion, chief humane agent, told Lee Santuomo stated he did not have the money to take the dogs to the vet. That was after humane-society agents retrieved the dead dogs from the dumpster behind Firehouse 27 on Smoky Row Road. Manion said the dogs were shot multiple times with a .22-caliber firearm. Toxicology tests will determine whether, in fact, the dogs were poisoned with antifreeze.

He couldn’t afford to take his dogs to the vet, so he either shot them or poisoined them with antifreeze? The Columbus Fire Department should suspend him and I hope someday, he is convicted of something… I know, with what’s happening in Columbus, killing two dogs may be relatively minor… but, seriously, his actions were just wrong!

10 TV: We will see precipitation tonight across central Ohio that will begin with sprinkles and end with snow flurries. It will clear later on Wednesday night, but it will be very cold. Overnight low temperatures will plunge to 22 degrees. Look for partly sunny skies on Thursday. It will remain cool, with highs reaching 38 degrees.

Snow, rain, cold… Make up your mind already…