Similar to what happened here in Atlanta several years ago. A woman's pit bull was attacking a child while the owner just stood there and watched. A neighbor went in his house and got a .357 and shot the dog. At that point the woman went into a frenzy and attacked the neighbor screaming "don't hurt my dog. Don't hurt my dog." So he shot her too. He was not charged. She was charged with assault
Too bad. If she was charged with assault it must mean she lived.