FLORIDA -- A pit bull was shot and killed on Saturday after the dog had bitten a woman and charged at a police officer, according to Boca Raton Police.
It happened just after 4 p.m. on the 2100 block of Northeast Second Drive, police said.
The victim called 911 to report her neighbor's pit bull terrier had escaped from a fenced-in backyard and had threatened her children. While getting her children inside to safety, the woman was bitten on the leg by the dog, according to the police report.
When officers arrived, the dog was near the carport of a house at 2135 Northeast Second Drive. They tried to contact the resident at that address and spoke with a man who said that his dog was inside, the report stated.
When the officer got out of his car, the dog charged out at him barking furiously. The dog stopped briefly near the front of the officer's car then charged at the officer again. The officer fired one shot, which hit and killed the animal, police said.
The victim suffered minor injuries. The dog's owner and Palm Beach County Animal Control were notified, police said.
(Sun Sentinel- October 29, 2011)