ILLINOIS -- Elgin police were forced to shoot and kill a pit bull that turned on its owners and charged at officers Wednesday, officials said.
Six people, including three children, were home in the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue in Elgin at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, when the pit bull, named Loco, attacked its own 6-day-old puppies, according to police department spokeswoman Sue Olafson.
Olafson said the dog would charge and attempt to attack anyone who came near her to stop her from killing her own puppies.
“To stop it, family members contacted police,” Olafson said. “When officers arrived, the dog also charged officers.”
Police shot and killed the dog after it charged, Olafson said. None of the three adults or three children was injured, she added.
“They were upstairs in the bedrooms and the dog was in the kitchen,” she said.
Eight puppies were taken to area shelters by police, Olafson said. A ninth puppy was killed while two others had been bitten, she said.
(Daily Herald - Jan 14, 2011)
