"Screaming. I was just screaming real loud," said Ms. Brenda Tramontine.
Ms. Tramontine says she has walked on the sideway in front of a South Church Street home dozens of times and adds that before Tuesday, she never had a close encounter with any of the dogs inside the fenced front lawn.
"They’ve always come to the fence and barked, but they’ve been chained up. But evidently, he broke the chain,” said Ms. Tramontine.
Ms. Tramontine says after breaking the chain, the dog jumped over the fence and bit her leg.
Moments later, a good Samaritan came to her rescue and helped calm the animal.
"Thank goodness he came along. I didn’t even know who he was, but he just started talking to the dog, and about that time, the police came up," said Ms. Tramontine.
After law enforcement arrived on the scene, the dog then turned on a police officer.
"As the officer was taking the dog to the truck, he sustained a minor bite to his right leg," said Lt. Trey Weaver.
According to members of animal control, Tuesday was not the first time they have been called to this particular residence.
"We’ve been out a couple of times. First few times was concerning the health of the dogs and how close they were tethered to the street,” said William Whitehead.
Although animal control has been called to the home before, officials note they've never been called for a dog bite.
"Any bully breed is a dangerous dog, but any dog that bites someone is deemed a dangerous dog,” said Summer Knight, interim executive director of the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society.
Officials note because the Labrador has bitten two people, he is now considered a dangerous dog, and his owners will have to comply with the city's dangerous dog laws.
(WTVA - Dec 31, 2013)
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