From Bill Lindelof and Chelsea Phua
A man in South Sacramento came to the aid of a woman by shooting and killing a dog that was mauling her pet, Sacramento police said.
A 62-year-old woman was walking her small white dog Saturday about 8 a.m. on Standish Road near 25th Avenue when a large pit bull ran toward her and attacked her pet. The woman's dog had to be put down later that day.
The pit bull had escaped from a backyard by breaking through a fence board, police said. The woman screamed as the pit bull repeatedly bit the small dog, drawing the attention of a neighbor who left his house to help.
The man tried to separate the dark brown pit bull from the smaller dog by kicking it as hard as he could but his efforts were in vain, police said. The neighbor then ran back into his house and returned with a gun
By this time the little dog was in the pit bull's mouth and the larger dog was violently shaking the animal. At that point, the man fired his gun, killing the pit bull.
The small dog was taken to a veterinarian and put down on Saturday night, Sacramento police Sgt. Norm Leong said. No charges have been filed in this case.
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