PENNSYLVANIA -- A man shot and killed a pit bull after it reportedly attacked his wife Friday afternoon, according to initial police scanner reports.
Borough police, with state police assisting, were dispatched to 507 E. Grand Ave. about 5:35 p.m. after the man reported his wife was bitten and that he had shot the animal.
While initial reports said the dog was injured and lying near the street at the front of the property, a trooper on scene said the animal had died.
The trooper said the dog's owner lived about one block away at 500 E. Colliery Ave.; however, he declined to give more information and said Tower City police were investigating the incident.
Attempts to reach Tower City police were unsuccessful.
Brittny Eichert, Tower City, who was standing across the street from 507 E. Grand Ave., said there were children in an alley playing with a cap gun, which she believed may have scared the dog.
She said the dog had jumped over a fence before it bit the victim.
Eichert wasn't aware of any problems with the dog previously.
The incident joins a string of other dog attacks that occurred in the county this summer, including one other in Tower City, which prompted several local municipalities to revise or adopt dangerous dog ordinances.
(Pottsville Republican - September 3, 2011)
