At around 5:30 in the evening police were called to 917 Pontiac to the report of a vicious dog. Police were called to the scene by a neighbor.
16-year-old Derek Rico is a student at Salina Central High School who lives in the house next door.
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| Salina Animal Control Officer Shane Hyman takes one of the smaller dogs into his vehicle. |
He tells KSAL News that he and a friend heard screams coming from their neighbor's backyard. He went to see what was going on, and discovered a large dog mauling a girl.
Rico says that there were a couple of small children nearby, so he got a shovel out of the garage and smacked the dog in the face with it. The dog did not slow down, and instead turned on Rico. He jumped a fence to escape, sustaining a cut over his eye and a cut on his hand.
Police arrived at the scene, and shot the dog in the chest with a shotgun. It did not go down.
Animal Control arrived, and shot the dog with a tranquilizer dart. It still did not go down.
It finally went down after an animal control officer got close enough to give it a tranquilizer injection.
Animal Control Officer Shane Hyman ended up taking three dogs from the home, including a large dog and two smaller dogs.
Salina Police Lt. Allen Salzman says that the large dog was the aggressor.
According to Police, 16-year old Christina Chapman, 11-year old Marquita Atkins and 10-year old Jasmine Atkins were all bit by the dog.
No charges have been filed so far, as the investigation continues.
(KSAL - Oct 14, 2008)
