Police were called about 4:15 p.m. Friday to Stanton and told that two dogs had attacked a mail carrier. When the trooper arrived on the scene, he saw two dogs attacking a smaller dog that was being walked by its owner.
The trooper fired his service weapon, injuring one of the dogs and ending the attack.
The mail carrier was taken to a local hospital with multiple dog bites. The woman walking her dog declined treatment for a dog bite. Her dog stayed with her.
The two attacking dogs were captured by officers from the Kent County SPCA and received treatment.
[A video clip describes the dogs as being a pit bull and a German Shepherd. A witness says that the mail carrier was being mauled and he kept trying to get up and get away. "He tried to get into a minivan and they just drove off."
Then a woman stopped and let him get into her vehicle and she was bitten in the back by one of the dogs while saving the mail carrier. Then after she got the mail carrier into the car, the dogs then went after the woman walking her dog and attacked them.]
(The Republic - Oct 12, 2012)
