Police and Blaine Hepp, the animal control officer for the city and Webster County, were dispatched to the 600 block of South 14th Street on a report that a dog bit someone.
While they were there, the dog apparently attacked Hepp and was shot by police.
Justin Fuller, who lives nearby, said he watched an officer fire two shots.
"The dog was going ballistic," he said. "The dog was just in the backyard barking."
Fuller said that the owner told officers the dog would attack if they got near it.
Additional officers, Fort Dodge firefighters and paramedics from Trinity Regional Medical Center were called to the scene after the shooting. Officers declined to comment at the scene.
The animal control officer was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
A woman, who apparently owned the dog, cried and yelled after the shooting.
"They shot my dog," the woman said. "They killed my dog."
It was the second time in the last few weeks that Fort Dodge police shot a dog.
On March 14, an officer shot a dog after it charged him near Second Avenue South and 17th Street. The animal's owner, Staci Stanley, of Fort Dodge, pleaded guilty to having a dog at large and was fined $147.75. The dog survived.
(Messenger News - Apr 16, 2015)
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