JAMESVILLE, N.Y. - A Jamesville man’s dog is dead after a neighbor shot it, telling police it ran into his yard "acting aggressively,'’ according to police.

The dog’s owner disputes that his dog was aggressive and wonders why the man hasn’t been charged.

The dog’s owner, Mike DiBiase, said his two pit bulls, Niki and Boy Boy, got out through a screen door and ran off down the road into the neighbor’s yard on Apulia Road in Jamesville, in the town of LaFayette, Jamesville-DeWitt school district.

DiBiase told Syracuse.com | The Post Standard he jumped in his car to retrieve them, but stopped when he saw a jogger crying in the road.

The jogger told him a man was going to kill some dogs and pointed down the road, DiBiase said. By the time he arrived, 2 1/2 year old Niki was dead, he said.

DiBiase said the shooting was unjustified.

"There is absolutely no way he should have shot my dog,'' DiBiase said. “It was needless, and I believe a vendetta against me because my dogs have gone over there before.”

The neighbor who shot at the dogs, Troy LeFebvre Jr., told police the dogs were acting aggressively, threatening and "were barking and coming at him,'' according to the New York State Police, who investigated the incident last week.

No charges will be filed against LeFebvre, said Jack Keller, a spokesman for the state police.

LeFebvre told officers he retreated into a camper when the dogs came at him, Keller said. A female friend came out the front door and the dogs started moving at her, so LeFebvre said he grabbed a gun from his shed and fired a warning shot, Keller said. He used a long gun, which is legal, Keller said.

When the warning shot didn’t work, he told officers he fired one round at the dog going toward his friend, which killed the dog, Keller said. The other dog ran away.

The neighbor "had every right to do what he did,'' Keller said, which is why no charges were filed. “You can’t have dogs coming on a property that are threatening.”

LeFebvre declined comment when contacted by Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.

Keller said police were notified by LeFebvre immediately, and they investigated, as did the dog warden. Keller said he did not have a statement from the jogger available.

DiBiase said if his dogs were acting aggressively, it’s because they were being chased. He said his dogs have run over there before, and it’s become an issue. He also said the neighbor knows he’ll come right after his dogs if they get out.

DiBiase said he’s called the SPCA and DEC to follow up.

"If they go on his property, I’d be there in a couple minutes,'' he said. “This whole thing took place in less than 5 minutes.”