Saturday, February 25, 2012

Pit bull injures woman

NEBRASKA -- A 33-year-old woman picking up a child from school was bitten Friday by a dog, authorities said.


The woman was bitten on her right leg and on both arms.

She was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center after the 4 p.m. incident near 42nd and Vinton Streets, said Nebraska Humane Society spokesman Mark Langan. He declined to release her name.

The dog, a pit bull named Kilo, was impounded at a Humane Society shelter.

It is owned by Emma Rodriguez, 31, of Omaha, Langan said. She was ticketed on suspicion of harboring a dangerous animal, among other offenses.


Langan said Rodriguez told authorities the dog ran out a door as she opened it. The victim was bitten outside nearby Jefferson Elementary School.

(Omaha World Herald - February 25, 2012)