The DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who tied two dogs to the back of a car and dragged them along the roadway, killing one of them.

According to officials, at approximately 8 p.m. on Friday, September 13, surveillance camera video showed a man pull into the parking lot of the Redan Recreation Center on Phillips Road in Lithonia dragging two dogs behind his vehicle. The man got out of the car, untied the dogs from the bumper and then left them for dead. The driver appeared to back out of the parking lot to prevent the surveillance cameras from recording his license plate number.

An officer with DeKalb County Animal Enforcement responded to a call from a witness and discovered two dogs with rope tied around their necks. According to police, a medium-sized, mixed breed male with a brindle coat, was treated for severe injuries and is currently in the care of DeKalb County Animal Services/Lifeline Animal Project. The other dog was a medium-sized, mixed breed male with a black coat, and did not survive his injuries.

The car involved is a dark, four door sedan, which investigators believe to be a 2008-2012 Chevrolet Malibu. The driver was wearing dark pants, a white baseball cap and a dark gray top with a white logo on the chest and white writing across the back.

Anyone with information should call the DeKalb County Animal Enforcement tip line at 404-294-2939.