Posted on 03/29/2018 10:56:23 AM PDT by Perseverando
ROANOKE, Va. - Two people are in the hospital after a dog attacked them on the streets of downtown Roanoke Thursday morning.
Witnesses say a man and woman were standing on 1st Street near Campbell Avenue when the dog approached them.
They said the dog seemed friendly at first but then attacked the woman. The pair tried to fight it off but it would not release the woman.
The dog attacked another man who tried to help. It tore his arm and refused to let go.
Bystanders unsuccessfully used a cane, a hammer, and pepper spray on the animal. It was at this point that another man stepped in.
"Someone was yelling to shoot it. I had my gun in my car," said Paul Burek. "I went and got my gun, once it started to pull away from people from people to walk across the road. I shot it."
The dog was killed.
The witnesses described the dog as a "Target dog," which is a bull terrier.
Campbell Avenue has reopened. It was closed from 1st Street to 2nd Street.
The man and woman were taken to the hospital. The man was bleeding profusely. There is no word on their condition.
http://www.animals24-7.org/2018/01/17/pit-bull-roulette-killed-38000-other-animals-in-2017/
BTW, did you notice the dog was killed by a citizen with a hand gun (in his car), but an armed citizen nonetheless.
Armed citizen once again prevents or limits mayhem.
dog breed of “peace” again?
Did they locate the owner yet? If the dog even had an owner, he might not know the dog is missing yet. “Oh, he was just a pup!”
Pit bulls should be bred out of existence.
“Target dog”. Indeed.
Yep, the gentleman with the gun hit the target, fortunately.
Maybe that Hogg guy will take to the streets against the dogs.
The breed is really giving their apologists a lot of practice recently explaining why the dogs are 'just misunderstood' and are really just sweethearts.
As opposed to a ‘Walmart’ dog....................
Poor dog was just starting to turn his life around!
It was just reported that the dog took its own life.
No, a bulk terrier is a different breed from a pit bull terrier.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Terrier
A Bull Terrier is what was used in the Target commercials, and is not a pit bull. General Patton had one that he doted upon, even threw him birthday parties. His name was Willie, short for William The Conqueror.
And let’s not forget Spuds McKenzie.
You mean suicide by armed citizen? Yeah, I can see that.
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