Dog Murderer: The Public Fired Me

10 TV: A firefighter who was terminated earlier this month for killing his dogs before going on vacation is trying to get his job back. Former Columbus fireman David Santuomo filed a notice of appeal on Friday with the City of Columbus…

Santuomo wrote in his appeal that public opinion played a role in his termination. "I feel I was unfairly discharged due to public opinion and political pressure. Not for job performance," Santuomo wrote."

The Civil Service Commission will review the appeal. There was no timetable on when a decision would be rendered. Santuomo, 43, was fired from his on July 16 by Mitchell Brown, the city's safety director. He was terminated after pleading guilty last month to animal cruelty charges. Santuomo will begin serving a 90-day jail sentence on Sept. 16.

In December, authorities found the bodies of two dogs in a Dumpster behind Fire Station 27. Santuomo, who allegedly bragged to fellow firefighters that he shot his dogs because he was leaving for vacation, told his superiors that he killed the dogs because they accidentally consumed antifreeze.