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(WHAS11) - New Albany police are investigating what they described as a pit bull home invasion.
Two pit bulls attacked a neighbor's Irish setter, even chasing the dog into the neighbor's home.
The whole encounter is being called a freaky incident. Apparently all three dogs co-existed peacefully for the past 13 months.
The owner of two pit bulls says his dogs were never violent around other dogs or people.
But something triggered an attack Monday that ended with one dog being mauled and another dog being fatally shot.
In a matter of seconds, a peaceful relationship separated by a backyard fence turned violent.
Albert Cross's two pit bull mix dogs, Sampson and Daniel dug out of their fence and attacked an Irish setter named Mufasa, who was in the yard next door.
Mufasa's owner, who doesn't to be identified, said she heard a noise in her back yard, then looked out to see her dog being attacked by the two pit bulls.
“I just scared me so bad because they were treating him like a rag doll,” she says.
She said she ran outside to try to break it up.
“I was screaming bloody murder. I was screaming. My friend was in the shower. He didn't know what was going on,” she says.
She managed to free her dog.
“I ran into the house. The back door was open and then they all came in,” she says.
The woman managed to get Sampson out of her house, but as for Daniel, she says he continued to chase Mufasa.
“The black one was coming back in. He was coming back in after him. The police officer says when they taste the blood, they're ready to kill and turn on you too,” she says.
The woman's friend, who had just left the shower, grabbed his handgun and shot and killed Daniel as police say he tried to get back into the house.
Mufasa received multiple stitches for his injuries.
Cross has agreed to pay the vet bill and to give Sampson to a family that lives out in the country.
He says he had already planned to give the dogs away before Monday's incident because he felt like they needed more room to play.
Police say that it has been their experience that multiple pit bulls living together can sometimes exhibit pack mentality which can result in attacks.
Good Shoot!
(WHAS11) - New Albany police are investigating what they described as a pit bull home invasion.
Two pit bulls attacked a neighbor's Irish setter, even chasing the dog into the neighbor's home.
The whole encounter is being called a freaky incident. Apparently all three dogs co-existed peacefully for the past 13 months.
The owner of two pit bulls says his dogs were never violent around other dogs or people.
But something triggered an attack Monday that ended with one dog being mauled and another dog being fatally shot.
In a matter of seconds, a peaceful relationship separated by a backyard fence turned violent.
Albert Cross's two pit bull mix dogs, Sampson and Daniel dug out of their fence and attacked an Irish setter named Mufasa, who was in the yard next door.
Mufasa's owner, who doesn't to be identified, said she heard a noise in her back yard, then looked out to see her dog being attacked by the two pit bulls.
“I just scared me so bad because they were treating him like a rag doll,” she says.
She said she ran outside to try to break it up.
“I was screaming bloody murder. I was screaming. My friend was in the shower. He didn't know what was going on,” she says.
She managed to free her dog.
“I ran into the house. The back door was open and then they all came in,” she says.
The woman managed to get Sampson out of her house, but as for Daniel, she says he continued to chase Mufasa.
“The black one was coming back in. He was coming back in after him. The police officer says when they taste the blood, they're ready to kill and turn on you too,” she says.
The woman's friend, who had just left the shower, grabbed his handgun and shot and killed Daniel as police say he tried to get back into the house.
Mufasa received multiple stitches for his injuries.
Cross has agreed to pay the vet bill and to give Sampson to a family that lives out in the country.
He says he had already planned to give the dogs away before Monday's incident because he felt like they needed more room to play.
Police say that it has been their experience that multiple pit bulls living together can sometimes exhibit pack mentality which can result in attacks.
