Two children were walking a small dog on a leash when the pit bull attacked the dog, the Kent Police Department said. A witness said the kids tried to scare the pit bull off, but it killed the smaller dog before they could.
Around 1 p.m., a 46-year-old man who was walking to work near South 222nd Street and 94th Avenue South was bitten by the pit bull, according to a news release from King County. He suffered three bites -- once in the abdomen and twice in his right leg -- and was taken to Valley Medical Center in Renton. His injuries were not life-threatening.
KIRO 7's Gary Horcher has learned that soon after that attack, the two pit bulls apparently attacked another dog. A man had just let his Pomeranian dog out when the one of the pit bulls snatched it, and took off.
The man chased the two pit bulls down the street. When he caught up with them, the man began kicking the pit bull that had the Pomeranian in its mouth. The pit bull released the Pomeranian on the ground, dead. The pit bulls then turned their attention to the man, attacking his leg.
A woman who is familiar with the pit bull in the incident told KIRO 7 that the dog is friendly toward people but suggested that it could be aggressive toward other dogs.
Earlier, a dispatcher from the Kent Police Department asked for help from Chopper 7 in finding a white and tan pit bull that authorities hoped to capture before kids got out of school. The dispatcher told our assignment desk the dog attacked another dog but did not have any information about whether a person was hurt.
Chopper 7 video showed police searching for the dog. The King County Sheriff's Office helicopter assisted in the search.
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Gary Horcher says that police and animal control officers managed to corner the dog, and capture it.
(KIRO - May 23, 2011)
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