--- title: "‘Lone Survivor’ Marcus Luttrell went ‘John Wick’ on the guys who killed his dog" date: "2020-11-25" modified: "2024-02-16" authors: - name: "Blake Stilwell" job_title: "Editor-In-Chief, Air Force Veteran" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/blake/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-trending/navy-seal-goes-john-wick/" categories: - "Entertainment" - "Special Operations" - "Tactical" tags: - "Famous Veterans" --- # ‘Lone Survivor’ Marcus Luttrell went ‘John Wick’ on the guys who killed his dog ![Marcus Luttrell holds his puppy]() It was a regular April night around the Luttrell home near Huntsville, Texas. It had been five years since Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell fought the 2005 firefight with the Taliban that was portrayed in the film "Lone Survivor." Since then, he received a Yellow Labrador puppy to help him recover from the unseen wounds of the war. He named the pup "Dasy," an acronym of the names of his fellow SEALs — the ones that didn't survive the battle. Suddenly, a shot rang out in the area of the house. Luttrell sprang into action, grabbed a 9mm pistol, checked to see if his mother was alright, and then ran outside to check on Dasy. He found the puppy at the end of a trail of blood. "When I saw she was dead, the only thing that popped into my head was, 'I've got to take these guys out,'" [Luttrell told NBC News](). ![a photo of Marcus Luttrell's dog Dasy sitting in a car]() *Dasy was just four years old when gunmen shot and killed her. (Marcus Luttrell)* He then spotted a suspicious vehicle nearby and tried to sneak up on it with his pistol drawn. When he was 25 yards away, the car left, and Luttrell hopped in his pickup in hot pursuit. "I saw my dog in a ditch and two men standing outside the car," Luttrell said. "I could hear them laughing." He called the local emergency line and warned the 911 operator that he was chasing the men who killed his dog. "I told them, 'You need to get somebody out here because if I catch them, I'm going to kill them,'" Luttrell told the operator, according to the Houston Chronicle. The Navy Cross recipient stayed on with the emergency operator as he chased the gunmen across three Texas counties in a 40-mile, high-speed chase. Luttrell was still recovering from a recent surgery, but it didn't stop him from attempting to catch the fleeing suspects. Dasy was more than just a therapy dog to Luttrell. The four-year-old pup helped Luttrell at a time when he wasn't talking about what had happened and was having trouble sleeping. Dasy wasn't just a pet, she was like a daughter to the former SEAL. Luttrell's pickup truck couldn't keep up with the car in which the suspects fled the scene, but the Texas Rangers eventually stopped the vehicle, arresting two of them for cruelty to a non-livestock animal and the driver for not having a license. According to the Rangers, the shooting was the latest in a series of five dog killings in an area Luttrell describes as "the middle of nowhere." When Luttrell arrived on the scene, he immediately confronted the suspects, demanding to know which of them had murdered Dasy. According to Luttrell, they started talking smack. "Marcus is trained to do certain things; he fell back on his training," a Texas Ranger told NBC News. "I wouldn't advocate to the general public to do what he has done — to follow them at that rate of speed." ![Marcuss Luttrell poses with his golden retriever, rigby]() *Luttrell and therapy dog, Rigby. (Marcus Luttrell via Facebook)* Alfonso Hernandez and Michael Edmonds were convicted in 2012 of shooting Dasy with a .357 pistol that night. The conviction was later upheld by a Texas appellate court. Edmonds turned on Hernandez, pleading guilty and testifying against him. Edmonds received five years' probation while Hernandez received the maximum sentence, two years' confinement, and a fine. Luttrell said losing Dasy was a huge setback in his life, but he soon had another therapy dog in his life, another Yellow Lab named "Rigby," who Marcus had until Rigby's death in 2021. https://twitter.com/MarcusLuttrell/status/1409937686224310274 ## Author Blake Stilwell is We Are The Mighty's Editor-in-Chief, covering military news, entertainment, and history, along with veteran education, employment and entrepreneurship. He is a former U.S. Air Force combat cameraman with degrees in Graphic Design, Television and Film, International Relations, Public Relations, Business Management and Middle Eastern Affairs. After leaving the military, he began working in film and television production in New York and Los Angeles, work that included ABC News, NBC Olympics, and HBO Sports. He then spent two years in Washington with White House Communications, before joining the Near East Foundation. At NEF he served as an International Development Fellow, then Communications Officer, and finally, Media Officer for the Middle East and Africa. Based in the Palestinian Territory, he coordinated strategic communications between eight country offices, international media, and government and NGO partners. He began a career focused on writing and editing in 2015 with We Are The Mighty. He left in 2019 for Military.com, but returned as Editor-in-Chief in 2025. Blake’s work has been seen on CBS News, Fox News, CBC, The Chicago Tribune, Task & Purpose, Military Times, Recoil, Skillset, American History, and was shockingly even used in a Supreme Court argument. He is an avid traveler and small business owner in Ohio, where he spends most of his energy fixing up a very old house. ### Author social links [Facebook]() [Twitter]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()