Posting the link and text in case the link changes. I read this posting a week or so ago. Reading this news article was a reality check. I would not use a "light caliber weapon".

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=64362

LAKEWOOD – Animal Control has impounded six pit bulls after one of the pit bulls kept attacking two other dogs even though the pit bull had been shot twice in the head.


Lakewood Police say the pit bulls ranged from puppies to adults and were living at 1335 Allison Street.

Police say around 2 p.m. Monday, a neighbor’s two dogs were attacked and one was killed.

One of the pit bulls jumped the fence and attacked the other dogs.

Matt Burdic says his wife and daughter were walking into the yard, right behind their two dogs, a Pomeranian named Minnie and a Jack Russell Terrier named Samantha, when the pit bull attacked.

“We’ve never even seen this dog. My neighbor has so many of them. He jumped over our fence and came straight into the yard,” said Burdic.

The pit bull attacked Minnie, according to Burdic, and “tore her to shreds.”

“It was just like she was a rag doll. I mean, he was just shaking her around. There was no controlling the pit bull. It wasn’t a dog,” he said.

They tried to separate the dogs when the pit bull turned on Samantha.

Burdic says he shot the pit bull several times in the head and neck with a light caliber weapon. At least two of the bullets hit the pit bull in the head, but it did not stop attacking.

“I stuck it right to his head and pulled the trigger. ... Nothing,” said Burdic. “It didn’t phase him. It was horrible.”

Three teens from the Denver Street School were walking by when they heard the shots. Robert Gething, Robert Thomas and Eric Swift jumped over the fence to help. They finally pulled the pit bull off Samantha and pinned it until police arrived.

The pit bull was one of the six impounded by Animal Control.

Minnie was killed in the attack and Samantha badly hurt. Dr. Victoria Gomez says the pit bull, whose name she says is “Killer,” is walking around as if nothing happened. An X-ray shows the two bullets are still in his head.

“He’s got a pretty big thick head, but it is surprising,” she said.

Police say they have issued a summons to the owner of the pit bull for the following: dog at large, harboring a dangerous animal, neglect and having more than the legal number of animals.

9NEWS attempted to talk to the owner of the pit bull but he was not at home.

9NEWS has learned that in the past months the owner has sold pit bulls to other people in the neighborhood.




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