TEXAS -- Firefighters and paramedics responded to a dog attack Monday near Trimmier Elementary in the 1500 block of Waterford Drive where two pit bulls that got loose pinned a woman against a fence and then bit two men on the legs as they tried to catch the dogs.
Killeen ISD spokeswoman Leslie Gilmore said Trimmier Elementary was warned not to let students outside while the dogs were loose.
Gilmore said the district got the call at around 1:30 p.m. Monday and the dogs were captured around 2 p.m.
Killeen Fire Chief J.D. Gardner said one firefighter had to use the flat-head side of his axe to keep a dog from attacking another neighbor.
Killeen Animal Control took one of the dogs.
Stacie Sherva, the city’s animal control manager, said in 10 days a decision will be made whether to euthanize the dog.
The owner was give six citations for the incident, two for dogs at large and no rabies tags, one for no current rabies vaccination, and one interfering with a public servant's job.
The fines for each of those citations could be as much as $500 each, but some of the residents say the citations aren't enough when it comes to the safety of people in the neighborhood.
"The burden needs to fall on the homeowner first and foremost there needs to be some kind of insurance that a homeowner has to take out if they're going to have a large, aggressive breed like that,” said resident Porfirio Vidal, who was bitten as he tried to help corral the dogs.
“The fact that the fence was flimsy enough for them to escape to begin with, that's an issue that should have been addressed a long time ago not once someone's attacked,"
(KWTX - January 24, 2012)
