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| Two Marion police officers were bit by a dog while executing a search warrant Monday morning in Cedar Rapids. (Jeff Raasch/KCRG-TV9) |
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two Marion police officers were bitten by a dog while executing a search warrant Monday morning in Cedar Rapids.
The injuries were not serious and happened while police served a warrant concerning possession of stolen property at 630 Ninth Ave. SE, police said.
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| Several young people are held in handcuffs after police executed a search warrant at 630 Ninth Ave. SE this morning, Monday, May 23, 2011. Two police officers were bit by a dog in the process, but the injuries were not serious, police said. (Jeff Raasch/SourceMedia Group News) |
Marion police Lt. Scott Elam said one officer was bitten on the leg, and the other was bitten on the hand. Both were seen by medics at the scene.
At least six young people in the house were detained for questioning, and charges were pending, Elam said. He said the dog bit an officer as he was trying to subdue a young man outside the house.
“The suspect was not being overly cooperative, and when the officer started grabbing the guy, I think the dog just reacted to the owner being grabbed,” Elam said.
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| One of two Marion police officers who were bit by a dog while executing a search warrant at 630 Ninth Ave. SE in Cedar Rapids is seen by medics this morning, Monday, May 23, 2011. (Jeff Raasch/SourceMedia Group News) |
Police said the dog appeared to be a pit bull. Animal control officers took it away.
More details about the incident were expected to be released later Monday.
“We’re still trying to sort everything out,” Elam said.
(Eastern Iowa News - May 23, 2011)
