Marshall and Millions vigil to take place in Norwich in June

Two Staffordshire bull terriers, three-year-old Marshall and nine-month-old Millions, were shot in London by Metropolitan Police officers in front of members of the public on May 7.

The incident has sparked outcry nationally among some animal lovers with vigils being held around the country and a petition calling for the Met to be held accountable for the deaths reaching more than one million signatures.

The incident occurred on May 7 in Tower Hamlets and was recorded by onlookers (Image: Submitted)

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Ruth Walters is organising the Norwich vigil, which will start in Castle Street at 1pm on Sunday, June 4, slowly walking to the memorial gardens outside City Hall - with those attending asked not to bring dogs.

The 53-year-old said: "This national vigil is an opportunity for us to come together as a community to remember the lives of these two innocent animals and to demand justice for their brutal deaths.

"We can be the voices of Marshall and Millions.

Ruth Walters, 53 picked up the reigns to organise the vigil being held in the city on June 4 (Image: Ruth Walters)

"People should be proud to join us if they care and consider themselves to be animal lovers."

The controversy was sparked after the Met officers were called to reports of a woman being attacked by a dog in Tower Hamlets where homeless owner Louie Turnbull, 46, was tasered and arrested.

The poster for the Marshall and Millions vigil being held in the city next month (Image: Ruth Walters)

The dogs were shot during daylight in a residential area and videos soon started to circulate online.

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The owner of Marshall and Millions, Louie Turnbull, 46, was tasered and arrested at the scene (Image: Submitted)

A spokesperson for the Met said officers spoke to the owner of the dogs but added: "Following this interaction, which failed to bring the dogs satisfactorily under control, police firearms officers destroyed the two dogs at the scene."

Turnbull is due to appear in court on June 6, after denying owning a dog that caused injury when dangerously out of control but admitting being in possession while disqualified from owning or keeping dogs.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched an independent investigation.

The two dogs killed were three-year-old Marshall and nine-month-old Millions - both Staffordshire bull terriers (Image: Submitted)