Pit Bull Shot Dead During Attack

CALIFORNIA -- On Friday March 28, at about 9:47 A.M., the Blythe Police Department received a phone call from a female subject reporting that she had been attacked by a “pit bull,” and that the dog was now attacking her dog.

Blythe City Animal Control and Police Officers responded to the canal bank in the 500 block of S. Seventh Street. When the first Officer arrived, he found the victim lying on the canal bank, and the pit bull fighting with the victim’s smaller dog.

As the officer approached, the pit bull turned its attention back to the victim. The dog jumped on the victim as she lay in the ground. The officer yelled at the dog, and the dog turned toward the officer and began to run at him. The dog aggressively approached the officer, and the officer shot and killed the dog.

The victim was transported to Palo Verde Hospital by Blythe Ambulance, and was later airlifted to another facility for further treatment.

City of Blythe Animal Control is continuing the investigation.

(The Desert Independent - March 29, 2014)