Can’t you defend shooting a dog that wasn’t attacking?
An unleashed dog sniffing a leashed dog is a highly dangerous situation. Maybe the owner of the leashed dog knows his dog is dog aggressive and would try to bite the pit bull. No sense in waiting for that to happen.
Do you by any chance have dogs that you allow to roam?
Do live in a perfect world where everything goes right 100% of the time!
Apparently there is more to this story!