Pit bull shot after attacking girl and police

By Admin on June 30, 2009

Aurora police were forced to shoot a pit bull terrier six times after it attacked a 13-year-old girl who was walking to summer school and tried to lunge at police officers, officials said today.

The incident took place Monday at about 7:20 a.m. on the 400 block of Jackson Street in the far west suburb, as the girl and two of her friends walked to the Waldo Middle School, said Dan Ferrelli, a spokesman for the Aurora Police Department.
A 911 call alerted police that the dog had attacked the girl in the back of the leg in the residential neighborhood. A short time earlier, the same dog had attacked a golden retriever in the same area as it was being walked by a woman, Ferrelli said.

Ferrelli said that when the two police officers got out of their car as they were responding to the attack, the dog made “the fatal mistake of going after the officers.”

Ferrelli said that before the dog could attack them one of the officers took out his gun and shot the dog three times.

“The dog, despite being hit all three times, didn’t go down,” Ferrelli said.

The dog began walking away and the same officer shot it another three times, fearing that the dog could be a danger to others, Ferrelli said.

The animal’s body was taken away by Animal Control. Officials are searching for the dog’s owner.

– Carlos Sadovi

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