COLORADO -- On Monday morning at approximately 10:00 am, Evans Police Officer Kauffman and Evans Animal Control Officer Augustine were dispatched to the 3000 block of High Drive on a report of an animal attack, according to Evans Police spokesperson Rita Wolf.
While en route, the Officers were advised a pit bull dog had escaped from his yard, jumped a fence and attacked another dog in its own backyard. Officers arrived on scene within minutes of the initial call to discover the pit bull had been fatally shot by the owner of shepherd mix dog that had been attacked.
The brown and white pit bull by the name of Deuce had previously attacked two other dogs and the owner, Robert Delarosa had been issued citations according to the press release.
On July 22, 2011 Delarosa was cited with dog at large and no license for Deuce and another pit bull running loose from his premises.
On August 5, 2011, Delarosa was cited for nuisance animal and dog at large as Deuce had somehow gotten out of his backyard and attacked a small male beagle that had sustained wounds to the face, ear, and legs.
On August 9, 2011, Deuce once again attacked another dog, while the owner was walking his 12 year old dog, Atticus. Deuce was placed on home quarantine until Animal Control Officer Augustine picked Deuce up on August 10, 2011 and Deuce was taken to the Weld County Humane Society where he was placed on quarantine and was cited for Animal at Large and Vicious Animal on that date.
Deuce was released to Delarosa on August 21, 2011 pending municipal court for all the above charges. Delarosa had moved to a different address when this subsequent attack occurred with Chief, a 6 year old Shepherd mix. Deuce jumped the fence in his backyard and jumped into the dog run where Chief was in.
Wolf says Chief's owner heard all the commotion in his backyard and ran to Chief's aid. He attempted to separate the dogs and eventually shot and killed Deuce in order to free Chief. Chief sustained minor puncture wounds to the chest area, front legs, and the rear thigh area. Delarosa was cited with Unlawful Ownership of a dangerous dog.
