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Ataque de un Pitt Bull en Cantonment
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Pit Bull Attack in Cantonment Deputies responded to the 900 block of Brandemill Drive in reference to an animal incident. Two Pit Bull Terriers tried to attack residents who were able to retreat into their homes. The dogs went to the front of the subdivision were they attacked and bit two workers on a road construction crew. The workers were able to fend off the attack by striking the dogs with hand tools. The dogs retreated back into the subdivision where a resident observed the a ttacks and armed himself with a gun. He went searching for the dogs in his truck and came into contact with them at the intersection of Brandemill/Grand Oak Drives where a man was walking his dog. The dogs became aggressive towards the man and his dog so the resident fired his gun into the air, scaring off the dogs. A Deputy made contact with the dogs in the 900 block of Brandemill Drive. As he exited his vehicle the dogs charged him from a nearby porch. He discharged his shotgun once in self-defense striking and fatally wounding both dogs. The road crew workers sustained minor wounds and were treated and released. Escambia County Animal Control Services responded and is investigating the incident. |