Kennett officer kills dog after charged by pack of dogs

MISSOURI -- A Kennett police officer killed a dog after a pack of dogs charged at him.

Officers responded to the 1600 block of Wimberly and Bradley streets around 1 p.m. on Sunday in reference to several vicious dogs running loose and trying to attack citizens in the area, according to the Kennett Police Department.

Several people who had been chased or attacked by the dogs and several witnesses spoke to police. Officers were told that the dogs lived in the 1600 block of Bradley.

As one of the officers tried to make contact at the home, the pack of about six dogs came from the rear of the home and charged at the officer.

The officer used lethal force to protect himself from the dogs. One of the dogs sustained deadly injuries. A second was wounded in the face, but is expected to survive.

The owner of the dogs had been out of town and it is not clear as to exactly how the dogs were able to get free.

(KFVS - Dec 22, 2014)