NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) - Authorities say a western Pennsylvania police officer shot a pit bull after it bit his partner as the two investigated a burglar alarm.
KDKA-TV reports (https://cbsloc.al/1bkjfxB ) it unfolded Thursday when two Shenango Township officers responded to the alarm.
The officers found a door open with no one home. They went inside to investigate and were met with a dog, which lunged and bit one officer twice in the leg.
Authorities say the partner shot the dog when it came toward him.
The homeowner took the wounded animal to a veterinarian. The officer was taken to a hospital for bite wounds and rabies shots.
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Information from: KDKA-TV, https://www.kdka.com
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