TEXAS -- A Harlingen man shot and killed a pit bull that was attacking his dog last night and accidentally grazed his hand in the process, police said.
Police said the man was trying to stop a pit bull that was attacking his dog. When he fired, the bullet grazed his hand and killed the black and white pit bull, police said.
The man told police that a neighbor’s dog apparently jumped a fence, went into his yard and attacked his dog in the 2100 block of East Austin Avenue, police Sgt. David Osborne said.
The man took a handgun into the yard with the intent to shoot the dog that was attacking his dog and when he fired, he accidentally grazed his hand, Osborne said.
The man was taken to a hospital with a non-life threatening wound.
The incident was still under investigation.
(Valley Morning Star - Nov 30, 2015)
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