L.A. community horrified after beloved dog found hanging from leash. 'No words can describe it' – Los Angeles Times

L.A. community horrified after beloved dog found hanging from leash. ‘No words can describe it’  Los Angeles Times

On a recent Sunday, resident Filiberto Reyes thought his beloved husky had once again gotten out of the fenced front yard. Hours later, a neighbor showed him a disturbing video circulating online of a dog that had been hanged in a Lynwood alley less than a mile from Reyes' home. It was Ruso, he said. "It's like losing a son," Reyes told The Times on Monday night. "The way he died. … No words can describe it." He exhaled. The 9-year-old husky was described by Reyes as a playful dog who was gentle with children. Ruso liked to stand up on his hind paws to hug people using his front paws, Reyes said.

Reyes didn't see the incident that neighbors said unfolded the afternoon of Oct. 4. A man and a woman were seen outside the fence, he said. The woman was bitten by the dog, and the pair let the dog out of the yard, luring him out with food, according to Reyes. Reyes believes the pair agitated the dog, who reacted in self-defense. Ruso was found dead later that evening, hanged with an orange leash from a metal security door, according to a video shared on social media. Reyes said the dog was found behind a doughnut shop and laundromat on Long Beach Boulevard. He never saw Ruso's