Officers responded to the area of South Taylor Street and South Belmont Street on Oct. 21 at about 9:30 a.m. for report of a dog owner having to shoot a pit bull that was attacking his dog on his porch.
The two pit bulls gave chase after D’Amour and his dog. A passerby who had witnessed this incident attempted to turn his vehicle in the path of the dogs to slow them but was unsuccessful.
D’Amour made it to his rear porch when the larger pit bull identified as “Luigi” attacked and latched onto the side of Molly’s face.
The man and the witness tried to get the two dogs apart but were unable. The bystander was repeatedly closed-fist punching the Pit Bull in the face, to no effect.
The Labrador's owner, Mr. D'Amour, then drew a pistol and fired one round into the pit bull's upper torso, killing the dog.
No people were hurt in the incident and independent witnesses confirmed the story.
The pit bull's owner, Adam Philbert, cooperated with the investigation. He CLAIMED his dogs had gotten out and he was trying to find them when the incident happened. However, Mr. D'Amour says this same Pit Bull had attacked his dog a few months ago.
Animal Control is supposedly investigating. Really, someone should investigate Animal control to find out why they did NOTHING after the first attack.
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SOME CHOICE COMMENTS ON WMUR FACEBOOK:
Kathy Wyatt - If it was a Shepard ,or new findlin, or even a mutt they would just say a dog was shot today ... Pit bulls get a bad rap just like rotties and doberman Pinchers did. [I think she is trying to say Newfoundland and instead wrote "new findlin"]
Pitbulls-Just Say No - Oh please. Want some cheese with that whine? Typical psychopath pitidiots with no concern of people/pets being attacked by pits..only worried about the pits "bad rap". Well it's well earned by the dogs and the owners.
Sandy Winston-Brogna - Pit bulls are scarier even scarier is the stupid owners they had no business being loose a friend of mine had her little dog torn apart last week by one of those freaking dogs
Frank Lefebvre - I hate pit bulls I would of did the same thing but i would of shot the other one to...look ' n Lowell mass today a pit bull killed a 7 year old girl if I had my way pit bulls should be put to death no matter what.if a pit bull came within 25 feet of my pet's or family kiss it good bye.and I won't ask any questions.
Tanya Mitchell - Omg my mean vicious pit bull is gonna kill everything lmfao, people are so retarded, get educated, my lab has a better chance of biting someone, owners need to take responsibility, make sure your dog of any breed, is not able to escape, your chances of being killed or hurt by a human are greater then a pit bull, people suck!
Courtney Paige Sarantis - The man could be lying and killed the pit bull because he hates those dogs why let him loose? Because u also dislike pit bulls? I’ve never in my life 32 years have I ever met a vicious pit bull! I’ve had lick attacks
Sherri E. Griggs-Siemieniewski - Witness questioned separately confirmed his story verbatim. I'm sorry but there are all kinds of vicious dogs not just pitbulls. If any dog attacked my dog and wasn't leashed that would be a dead dog no matter what breed
Michael York - While riding my donkey Handy I had a pit bull attack Handy. Scratch one pit bull. Handy just kicked that dog one time. Owner came flying out of her house mad as he'll. She said her dog was just being friendly. Yes right tell that to Handy. She got real mad when the police told her that Handy and had a right to be on the road and her dog was suppose to be restrained. Felt a little sorry for the dog not the owner so much.
Jen Gustafson - Im sorry but ur dogs behavior is because of you. I have two beautiful pitbulls and they are wonderful. Any dog can be aggressive not just pitbulls.
Joie Lacourse - I think pitbulls are starting to feel like black people
Ron Welliver - that is a stupid statement
Joseph Mark Gilbert - and your a stupid comment
Mike Alukonis - so true 😂😂
Katie Patten - If it was any other breed, it would not have been shot.
Christina Carignan - I think your retarded is strong.
Pitbulls-Just Say No - Katie Patten Seriously? I have dogs bigger than pits and they would be shot if they got loose. Difference is pits owners, as a group, are an epic failure in controlling their mutants.
Brittany Goss - I would kill the person who shoots my pitbull. No ands ifs or buts about it. My pitbull is my baby boy, my family.
JOIE MAKES SUCH A CASUAL AND INDIFFERENT COMMENT ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.... MAYBE SHE NEEDS TO SEE THAT PIT BULLS DON'T CARE ABOUT RACE WHEN IT COMES TO ATTACKING AND KILLING PEOPLE?
Iowa: Daycare provider Melissa Anderson Denies
Wrongdoing in Child Endangerment Charges
New York: Shirleen Lucas attacked by three Pit Bulls. She had
severe injuries to her head, arms and legs.
South Africa: A domestic worker believes she is lucky to be
alive after she was mauled by her employer's two pit bulls
South Carolina: "He grabbed my four-year-old nephew.
He started biting him and ripping his flesh off."
Four-year-old boy mauled by a stray pit bull
Michigan: Family, who breeds and sells pit bulls, angry
after their child attacked by neighbor's pit bull
Ohio: Cuyahoga County Corrections Officer Michael Shaw Jr.
had been cited FIVE TIMES by Animal Control before his
Pit Bull nearly killed a six-year-old girl
Missouri: Mail carrier recovering from dog attack in Florissant
North Carolina: Woman attacked by friend's pit bull
Florida: Three pit bulls that attacked 62-year-old woman,
causing serious injuries, to be euthanized
South Africa: Man delivering newspapers is mauled to
death by two Pit Bulls he knew and had "played with"
South Africa: Fundraiser created for little girl after "part
of her skull was ripped off" by a Pit Bull and a Rottweiler
Virginia: Woman says she returned Pit Bull to rescue
after it attacked her nephew. The dog was re-adopted
out and mauled an elderly woman to death.
North Carolina: Woman, 66, recounts savage attack by her neighbor
Jeannette Ortiz's Pit Bulls, one of which had attacked people TWICE before
Michigan: Girl, 10, mauled by pit bull in Detroit; dog rips her arm off
Ronald Kevin Mundy Jr. claims his dog is an "emotional therapy"
pet so he's allowed to drag it onto a Delta flight. The "emotional
therapy" dog proceeds to immediately maul Marlin Jackson's face. TWICE!
Ohio: Mail carrier mauled by Pit Bull dog in Liberty Township
Texas: Bayton officer attacked by pit bull; shoots and kills
dog but his left hand got in the way
South Africa: Pit bull went 'berserk' and tried to rip out
the throat of a 10-year-old boy
New Jersey: Neptune City Pit Bull attacks 4 before hero saves the day
Michigan: Pregnant woman questions police response after pit bull attack
Florida: Woman victim of vicious dog attack; doctor
says she's lucky she didn't lose her foot
South Africa: Shanique Cole, 4, mauled by her neighbor's pit bulls
Louisiana: "I got attacked by some dogs". Of course, it was Pit Bulls.
Georgia: Family sets up medical fund for little boy
mauled by his great-grandma's pit bull
South Africa: Father killed following pit bull attack
Pennsylvania: TayLynn DeVaughn, 2,
killed by family's pit bull mix
Jamaica: Newspaper editorial "Enough is enough!"
Ohio: Bobbie Green, 70, and Leon Morton, 49, indicted in
Shaker Heights dog attack that killed 71-year-old woman
Bahamas: Man bitten in the hand by a pit bull
North Carolina: Woman and her children attacked by pit bull
mixes. Owner insists they're "not vicious", just "playful"
Florida: Man beats pit bull off with mop handle after it attacks him
Texas: Woman attacked by pit bull
South Africa: Paraplegic seriously injured in pit bull attack;
neighbors say pit bull has attacked before
Michigan: Man asks for prayers for his cousin who was attacked by pit bulls
Texas: Woman contacts ABC13 after police and Animal Control
refuse to do anything about her neighbor's vicious pit bulls
Florida: Two girls attacked by neighbor's Pit Bull mix in Riviera Beach
Texas: 10-year-old Boy Attacked by Pit Bull
New Jersey: Quynton Curry, 8, tries to move on in life
after pit bull attacked him, ripping off his ear
South Africa: Ten-year-old boy mauled to death by neighbor's Pit Bull
Georgia: Shaq furnishes home of Atlanta girl who survived dog attack
Florida: Toddler recovering after being attacked by dog
Georgia: My grandbaby was attacked by a pit bull last week
Washington: 5-year-old girl gets 50 stitches after pit bull attack
United Kingdom: Horror injuries suffered by
schoolgirl, 11, savaged by neighbor’s pit bull
South Africa: "This pretty girl was brutally bitten
by a Pit bull on her first day from school"
Louisiana: Little girl attacked by pit bull
Nebraska: Girl says neighbor provoked pit bull to attack her
Indiana: Indianapolis boy, 6, hospitalized after pit bull mauling
