MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A pit bull that had been attacking a man and other animals was shot and killed Tuesday by a Berkeley County animal control officer.
The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department reports animal control officers responded to a home on Winchester Avenue in Martinsburg for a reported aggressive dog that was attacking a cat.
Officers report when they arrived a white pit bull was attacking another dog near the front porch of the home.
Authorities said the officers shouted at the dog several times in an attempt to scare it away but the pit bull continued to attack the other dog. An animal control officer then discharged one round from her 9mm duty weapon, striking the pit bull. The other dog then ran off the porch to its owner.
Investigators said the pit bull got back up and charged after the other dog and that dog’s owner. The owner was able to jump over a fence to get away from the pit bull, but that dog attacked
the other dog again. The animal control officer discharged another round, which stopped the attack. The dog died.
The owner of the pit bull is not known, it was not wearing a collar and didn’t have a microchip.
The original caller said he found the pit bull attacking the cat behind his house and that’s when the pit bull began attacking his dog. The cat was later found dead.
Berkeley County deputies are continuing their investigations.