Police in Philadelphia shot and killed a stray pitbull after investigators say it attacked another dog and its owner while they were out for a morning walk.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said officers were called to South Dover Street around 4 a.m. for reports of a "vicious dog" and two dogs fighting in the street. Officers found a dead dog on the side of the road and its 67-year-old owner struggling to hold down the pit bull as he was being bitten and scratched. RELATED HEADLINES: Small said an officer was bitten when he tried to help the man control the dog. That's when investigators say two officers shot and killed the pitbull.
Jeff Burger is the owner of the small dog and is devastated over the incident. He said Belinda came into his life nearly six years ago after she was discovered in a box in Nicetown. "She was very friendly," said Burger. "Everybody in the neighborhood loved her. We’d even take her to the coffee shop. I would walk her around the neighborhood.
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