COLORADO -- Police are looking for a dog that reportedly bit two young children in Colorado Springs.
It happened around 6:30 p.m. on Friday in a neighboorhood near Jetwing Drive and Hancock Expressway.
CSPD officers were dispatched along with Humane Society Officers to the 4200 block of Charleston Drive in reference to a vicious animal and shots fired call.
Investigators say “Capone” a brown and white pit bull wearing a green, multi-colored collar was loose near the playground of the townhomes. The dog bit two young children before he was distracted by a citizen who used a bicycle to defend himself from the dog.
Police say after this citizen escaped from the dog, the dog charged a second citizen, who was carrying a handgun. That person fired a warning shot into the ground to scare off the dog. That shot sent the dog running.
The dog’s owner, 27 year old Rodney Ingram, stated he did not know where the dog went. Ingram was cited for two counts of Unlawful Ownership of a Dangerous Dog.
The dog has not been located. Anyone with knowledge of the dog’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Humane Society in reference to case A12-011807.
(KKTV - May 18, 2012)
