5K reward offered after sick dog thrown from Seattle vehicle

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person who in September tossed a sick dog out of a minivan in West Seattle.

KOMO-TV reports (https://goo.gl/sAHqyL ) the Humane Society of the United States, which is offering the reward, said Tuesday the dog was in medical distress and was suffering when thrown from a stopped vehicle.

The incident occurred on Sept. 24. Authorities say a witness reported the dog was thrown from a purple Dodge minivan. The suspect is described as a heavyset African-American man with dreadlocks.

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The Seattle Animal Shelter says the dog did not survive.

The dog was an adult unneutered male, American pit bull terrier.