At approximately 7:45 a.m. today, officers were called to
Midlothian Turnpike and Erich Road for a report of a dog bite with injury.
Officers arrived on scene within minutes and found an individual who had been
bitten by one of the dogs and was pinned against a building by two large dogs.
The man was then taken to the hospital for treatment.
Several officers then rounded up children in the area
waiting at bus stops and safely got them on other buses or back home to their
parents.
While waiting for Animal Care and Control to respond, the
dogs continued to run in the area where children were gathering at school bus
stops. At that point, the two dogs were running toward an area where children
would soon be waiting for the school bus.
An officer then distracted the dogs, and at that point the
dogs charged the officer. The officer then determined he could safely stop the
threat and took action. He fired twice and struck both dogs, killing one of
them.
The incident is being investigated by the Department’s
Internal Affairs Unit and the dogs have been turned over to Animal Care and
Control.
