Thursday, October 2, 2025 - Fast & Furious actor, Tyrese Gibson, failed to turn himself in to police after an arrest warrant was issued because his four Cane Corso dogs mauled and killed a neighbor’s dog in Georgia in mid-September, police said Tuesday.
The warrant for cruelty to animals issued for the “Fast
& Furious” actor is part of an “ongoing issue” following multiple
calls about the dogs in the past few months, Fulton County Police Captain
Nicole Dwyer said.
“Our priority is the safety of the community and when
there’s so many incidents of dogs, especially large dogs like this, getting out
and then killing an animal, you know, what’s next? A child?” Dwyer said. “Our
main priority is safety and that’s why we want the dogs in custody.”
Gibson had received multiple warnings before the warrant was
issued, and police had attempted to cite him before the attack, but the actor
wasn’t at his Atlanta home. Dwyer said she spoke with Gibson’s lawyer last week
and informed them the actor had to turn himself in by Friday.
Gibson’s attorney, Gabe Banks, wrote in an email to The
Associated Press the actor is “cooperating fully with authorities to address
and resolve this matter responsibly.”
Gibson wasn’t home when the incident took place, Banks
wrote, and “immediately made the difficult decision to rehome his dogs to a
safe and loving environment.”
Just after 10 p.m. on Sept. 18, a neighbor of Gibson’s,
whose house is half a mile away, let their dog, a small spaniel, out to their
yard and returned five minutes later to find the dog had been attacked. The dog
was rushed to a veterinary hospital, but did not survive, Dwyer said.
The four dogs were then seen at the next-door house, where
the owner called police, saying she was afraid to leave her house. Animal
control officers responded and were able to keep the dogs back while the
neighbor went to her vehicle.
police issued a search warrant for Gibson’s property on
Sept. 22, but the actor and the dogs were not at the residence.
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