ALOHA, Ore. (AP) — A Washington County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a pit bull dog that ran into a house and attacked another dog in Aloha and bit the hands of the dog’s owners who tried to protect his pet.
The sheriff’s office says the pit bull weighed more than 100 pounds. It escaped from a yard Monday evening when children left a gate open.
Deputies say it growled at neighbors before attacking an older, smaller dog in a house. The pet’s owner and another man were trying to restrain the pit bull when deputies arrived.
One deputy had a control pole looped around the dog’s neck, but it was thrashing around so violently the other deputy feared it would get loose, so he shot it twice in the head.
