Heroic Gilberton Police Chief shot vicious Lab Retriever
""GILBERTON - The mayor said Tuesday that the borough police chief shot a dog that was attacking him Tuesday morning.
Mayor Mary Lou Hannon said Chief Mark Kessler went to the home of Greg and Rita Grove on Main Street in Maizeville about 10:30 a.m. to handle a problem with a parked vehicle.
When Kessler knocked on the door, Hannon said Greg Grove opened the door and the couple's Labrador ran out and attacked Kessler.
With no other option and fearing for his safety, Kessler shot the animal, Hannon said, adding that the dog was taken to a local animal hospital where it had to be euthanized.
Hannon said a neighbor across the street witnessed the incident and everything appears to be "on the up and up."
"He (Grove) knew he was wrong. He knew he should have had the dog under control," Hannon said.
She also said the animal was licensed and was also up to date on all its vaccinations.
Kessler was not hurt, she said."
http://republicanherald.com/news/gilberton-mayor-says-police-chief-shot-dog-in-self-defense-1.1415272
And nobody saw this and his shooting himself...
GIRARDVILLE - The Gilberton police chief's handgun that discharged during a scuffle in a borough bar early Sunday has yet to be recovered by state police.
Troopers are investigating an incident where Mark Kessler, who was off-duty at the time, became involved in an altercation already under way among patrons inside a crowded 2nd Street Pub about midnight when his pistol discharged, shooting him in the hand.
Sgt. Barry Whitmoyer, commander of the Frackville station, said Friday the weapon had not been accounted for and it is not known if the gun was fired intentionally or went off by accident.
"We don't have the weapon and still have a lot of questions to answer," Whitmoyer said. "At this point we really don't know what we have."
However, Whitmoyer said all indications show that no other weapons were involved.
"We're not finding anything that leads to another gun being there," Whitmoyer said. "We're finding there was one gun there and it was (Kessler's)."
This is from the Pa. gun owners forum, before anyone goes off half cocked. (I am not a gun owner.) But apparently even gun people consider this guy to have a screw loose.... scary. 
