Little girl attacked by pit bull; neighbors beat with crowbar, pepper spray it and finally shoot it to stop the attack

ALASKA -- A 9-year-old girl was attacked by a dog today in an East Anchorage trailer park, prompting a neighbor to shoot the animal, police say.

Anchorage police received reports of the dog attack at about 12:43 p.m. at the Glencaren Trailer Park at 2221 Muldoon Road.

"A 13-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl were home alone with their pit bull.  The little girl slammed the front door which startled the dog and caused it to bolt outside," police wrote. "The dog ran approximately 30 yards to a playground where it immediately latched onto the top of another (9-year-old) girl's head."

 

Yes, yes... it's the kid's fault because wow she let the door slam. This normally placid pit bull went all PTSD on them and just HAD to find a little girl to attack. I have never heard a more dumb reason for trying to justify why a pit bull attacked a kid.

Hearing the victim's screams, several neighbors came to help. Two neighbors had guns and one carried a crowbar, police wrote in a news release.

"The man with the crowbar hit the dog several times with the bar but the dog did not let go," police wrote.  "Another citizen on scene then pepper-sprayed the dog but the dog maintained its bite."

A person then shot the dog once, in the head, and it let go of the girl, and was secured in its home, police said.

The condition of the dog was unclear based off of conflicting accounts from police. A sergeant on scene told Channel 2 reporter Mallory Peebles that the dog was killed by the gunshot.

Police released a press release shortly after reporting that the dog was taken in by Animal Care and Control, who are investigating.

The victim has been transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries to her scalp.

(KTUU-TV - June 19, 2015)