CALIFORNIA -- A U.S. Mint police officer shot and wounded an 11-month-old pit bull that had chased a mint employee and at least two other people outside the San Francisco facility that produces commemorative coins, authorities said.
The dog, named Blue, had bolted from his home near the U.S. Mint at 155 Hermann St. with another pit bull, Luna, at about 6 a.m., according to the dogs’ owner, Dirk Tacke.
Blue became “aggressive,” said San Francisco police Sgt. Ron Meyer. According to U.S. Mint officials, he “attacked” the employee, a woman with a cane, and then went after a homeless person and a jogger. None was hurt.
“Our police officer saw what was happening, responded, and fired his weapon and hit the dog in the leg,” said Mint spokesman Tom Jurkowsky. “The dog somehow ran off and, from what we understand, went home.”
Jurkowsky said a staff of about 50 mint police officers patrols the area when employees are going to and from work. The dog was shot in front of his owner’s home, about a block away from the facility, leaving a blood trail leading back to his front steps.
(SFGate - July 21, 2015)
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