The chaotic scene unfolded around 9 last night on the 10th floor of 30 Avenue D.
The crazed pit bull sunk its teeth into the bottom of one officer’s vest – prompting his partner to whip out his gun and kill the dog with one shot, cops said.
Meanwhile, according to the News, a man in the apartment led police on a foot chase that ended on Avenue B and East Houston, where cops subdued the man with a stun gun.
One witness said the man, surrounded by cops, was screaming and flailing until police used the stun gun.
“It was like prime-time TV,” the witness said.
According to the News, the man struck a 30-year woman, believed to be his niece, during a family fight. The woman then called 911. Charges are reportedly pending.
Police also used a tranquilizer on a second pit bull inside the apartment and delivered the dog to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, per the report.
A tenant who lives upstairs said she heard barking and a woman’s wails, followed by a loud bang.
“The dog was barking and the woman screamed, and then a single shot,” she told the Daily News. “You hear all sorts of things in the projects. Usually you don’t pay any mind. But this was crazy!”
Everything about this story is heart breaking -- two-leggeds and four-leggeds alike. Any other breed and it would have been "dog defending its owner." Not "crazed pit bull."
ReplyDelete"It was like prime-time TV"???
ReplyDeleteCall it anything you want.
ReplyDeleteIt's a manmade weaponized canine.
How come police and military around the world almost exclusively use shepherd breeds for security work? It's because those dogs actually are manmade weapons. Google schutzhund history if you don't believe me. Then read about the pit bull breed history. Once you've done your research I would be happy to have an intelligent dialogue but im not getting caught up in silly made-up phrases that have no basis in fact.
ReplyDeleteI am a fan of Judge Judy, no I'm not a senior citizen just yet. Almost all the cases involving dog attacks have at least of pit bull. Perhaps people only sue when the dog that bit them or killed their dog was a pitt bull but from my non-scientific observation it's the usual canine suspects in serious incidents.
ReplyDeleteBigger sized dogs can be scary, i won't apologize for that sounding soft or ignorant, they can be, even more so when they have taken a big nip at you. But a gun to take care of it? Shame. What a tosser, bunch of cops can't handle a dog without a firearm? Sounds like a twitchy trigger finger...
ReplyDeleteI'd like to give each of you a handgun and a sizable dog "defending its owner" and see what you would do.
ReplyDelete8:12 PM: Maybe when you have an out-of-control owner too it was a reasonable way to deal with the situation. How exactly are you going to handle the dog in close quarters? What protective gear did the officers have? Are they trained dog handlers? The dog jumps at your throat, what do you do then?
ReplyDelete"If only the pitbull had been armed with a handgun it could have defended itself."
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Alright Michael Ivan, I'll bite (no pun intended): what would you use to incapacitate the dog in this situation?
ReplyDeleteThey couldn't just spray water in the dog's eyes? That would've made the dog get off the cop.
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