Amarillo Police Officer Shoots Pit Bull After Dog Attack
A report out of Amarillo where a pit bull dog jumped a fence and bit a man in the arm, after the dog tried to attack a juvenile female. The first officer on the scene was a motorcycle cop, upon arrival, the dog attempted to jump a 3 foot tall fence and attack the officer, who responded by pulling his firearm and firing one shot at the dog. The dog fell back, and went for the officer again, the officer fired a second shot, both shots made contact and the second shot made the dog retreat to a dog house behind the home.
"Officers found a second similar breed dog in the house, but it was not aggressive. Animal Management and Welfare arrived and took custody of the first dog. Officers spoke the original bite victim, a HM 30 that lives nearby. He told officers that he and a friend were walking by the home when the same brown dog started barking at them. The dog then jumped the fence, ran straight at him, and bit him on the arm. The dog then ran back to the yard. This man was treated for a dog bite on the arm at a local hospital and released. Animal Welfare has advised that the dog was transported to a veterinarian and the owner was contacted."
A standard procedure in all cases of an officer discharging a firearm for any reason in the course of duty, the APD Internal Affairs Investigator is investigating this incident.
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