A Summerville Police officer was called to a Highland Avenue address on Wednesday morning after a pedestrian was alarmed by a boxer-mix-pit bull in the neighborhood while walking down the sidewalk. The pedestrian reported that the dog had charged toward them.
The dog was recently quarantined after biting someone who walked to the door of the Highland Avenue residence to ask about a vacant property next door. The owners of the dog have an electronic fence to contain the dog. The dog was quarantined by the owners for ten days after that incident.
On Wednesday, Summerville Officer Matt Pritchard went to talk with the dog’s owners about the incident with the pedestrian that happened around 7:30 Wednesday morning. The police officer said that when he got out of his vehicle the dog growled at him and acted aggressively. The officer then pepper sprayed the dog which ran to the patio area of the house.
While the officer was speaking with the dog’s owner, the dog charged the officer. The homeowner got between the officer and the dog, but the dog made a wide sweep around the homeowner and tried again to attack the officer, allegedly biting him on the shoe. It was at that point the officer pulled his service weapon and fatally shot the dog.
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So sad! I have personally walked by their house on Highland Ave at least 50 times since 08/08/17, on a walking walking program and he never came out to us! He had a shock collar and an electric fence and would patrol his property but never tried to attack us. This was his job, protect his property.