Post by redstone14 on Oct 18, 2011 11:11:53 GMT -5
Police Fatally Shoot Dog Suspected in Merrick Attack
By Timothy Bolger on October 17th, 2011
Nassau County police believe they have shot and killed the dog they have been hunting for 19 days since it mauled a 62-year-old woman at a school in North Merrick.
A police spokesman said officers spotted the tan pit bull with a white belly near Southern State Parkway and chased it to Merrick Avenue, then Jerusalem Avenue where they fatally shot the dog outside of a preschool at about 3 p.m.
Police had been hunting for the dog since Sept. 29, when it and another pit bull attacked the victim who had been jogging at a school and senior center on Meadowbrook Road.
Officers shot and killed one of the dogs at the scene but the other ran away. They had shot the missing dog when the search intensified two weeks ago before it escaped police a second time.
The woman is recovering from deep wounds to her legs and arms.
www.longislandpress.com/2011/10/17/police-fatally-shoot-dog-suspected-in-merrick-attack/
By Timothy Bolger on October 17th, 2011
Nassau County police believe they have shot and killed the dog they have been hunting for 19 days since it mauled a 62-year-old woman at a school in North Merrick.
A police spokesman said officers spotted the tan pit bull with a white belly near Southern State Parkway and chased it to Merrick Avenue, then Jerusalem Avenue where they fatally shot the dog outside of a preschool at about 3 p.m.
Police had been hunting for the dog since Sept. 29, when it and another pit bull attacked the victim who had been jogging at a school and senior center on Meadowbrook Road.
Officers shot and killed one of the dogs at the scene but the other ran away. They had shot the missing dog when the search intensified two weeks ago before it escaped police a second time.
The woman is recovering from deep wounds to her legs and arms.
www.longislandpress.com/2011/10/17/police-fatally-shoot-dog-suspected-in-merrick-attack/
