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Sounds like the lady is a pain to the local cops, I wonder what caliber they used...remind me to carry something bigger!
http://www.mankatofreepress.com/local/local_story_164200656.html?keyword=topstory
Deputy bitten, dog wounded
By Dan Nienaber
The Free Press
MANKATO —
A dog shot in the head after it bit a deputy’s foot Tuesday will likely be returned to its owner after a 10-day quarantine to check for rabies, authorities said.
Harvey, described as a 2-year-old pit bull, was shot after Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a 911 call from its owner, 45-year-old Davida Davidson of South Bend Township. Deputy Joshua Steinbach reported he had to shoot the dog once in the head because it had clamped on to his foot and wouldn’t let go.
Davidson has been in trouble with the county before for having aggressive dogs. Three of her dogs were killed by authorities a year ago after the dogs attacked a 5-year-old neighbor boy who was playing in his yard.
Steinbach was in Davidson’s garage when he was bitten. Harvey was one of several dogs that came into the garage through a back door that leads to an outside kennel.
“I calmly and quietly said, ‘Go on, get,’ at which time a black pit bull in the middle of the pack growled and started biting my right foot,” Steinbach said in his report about the incident, which happened at 8:46 p.m. Tuesday. “I then pulled my duty weapon and fired one shot at the dog. The dog let out a yelp and finally let go of my foot.”
Another deputy, John Park, was already at Davidson’s mobile home in Riverbend Estates when Steinbach arrived. Park had gone behind the mobile home to deal with a dispute between Davidson and another woman, which is why Davidson called 911.
Steinbach reported he was looking for Park when he went through Davidson’s garage door, knocked on a door to the home and, eventually, opened the door to call for Park. When there was no answer, Steinbach reported he shut the door and that’s when the dogs entered the garage.
The door has a no trespassing sign, which Davidson said she put there to protect people from Harvey and her other dogs.
“There was no reason for him to enter that door,” Davidson said Wednesday. “There never would have been a dog bite if he didn’t enter my home. The deputy put himself in harm’s way. They have to justify their actions.”
Park reported he was at a mobile home behind Davidson’s property when he heard the gun shot. He found Davidson yelling, “What did you do?” at Steinbach after he ran over to Davidson’s garage.
He told Davidson to find the dog, which had run and hidden under a step in the kennel, and checked Steinbach’s foot, Park reported. Then he told Davidson to put Harvey in the back of his squad car so he could take the dog to the Minnesota Valley Pet Hospital. Park also called a doctor, who met them at the hospital.
Steinbach was taken to Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was treated for a puncture wound in his small right toe and released.
Harvey is expected to survive but will be kept by authorities for at least 10 days to make sure he doesn’t have rabies, Sheriff Brad Peterson said. Davidson had not had him vaccinated for rabies within the past year and she didn’t know if he had ever been vaccinated.
Peterson said Steinbach made the correct decision when he shot the dog. Pit bulls are known to be aggressive, and Harvey had bitten through a leather boot and wouldn’t let go, Peterson said.
“If he hadn’t shot the dog, who knows what that dog would have done next,” he said. “Would he have gotten him down on the ground and went for his face?”
http://www.mankatofreepress.com/local/local_story_164200656.html?keyword=topstory
Deputy bitten, dog wounded
By Dan Nienaber
The Free Press
MANKATO —
A dog shot in the head after it bit a deputy’s foot Tuesday will likely be returned to its owner after a 10-day quarantine to check for rabies, authorities said.
Harvey, described as a 2-year-old pit bull, was shot after Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a 911 call from its owner, 45-year-old Davida Davidson of South Bend Township. Deputy Joshua Steinbach reported he had to shoot the dog once in the head because it had clamped on to his foot and wouldn’t let go.
Davidson has been in trouble with the county before for having aggressive dogs. Three of her dogs were killed by authorities a year ago after the dogs attacked a 5-year-old neighbor boy who was playing in his yard.
Steinbach was in Davidson’s garage when he was bitten. Harvey was one of several dogs that came into the garage through a back door that leads to an outside kennel.
“I calmly and quietly said, ‘Go on, get,’ at which time a black pit bull in the middle of the pack growled and started biting my right foot,” Steinbach said in his report about the incident, which happened at 8:46 p.m. Tuesday. “I then pulled my duty weapon and fired one shot at the dog. The dog let out a yelp and finally let go of my foot.”
Another deputy, John Park, was already at Davidson’s mobile home in Riverbend Estates when Steinbach arrived. Park had gone behind the mobile home to deal with a dispute between Davidson and another woman, which is why Davidson called 911.
Steinbach reported he was looking for Park when he went through Davidson’s garage door, knocked on a door to the home and, eventually, opened the door to call for Park. When there was no answer, Steinbach reported he shut the door and that’s when the dogs entered the garage.
The door has a no trespassing sign, which Davidson said she put there to protect people from Harvey and her other dogs.
“There was no reason for him to enter that door,” Davidson said Wednesday. “There never would have been a dog bite if he didn’t enter my home. The deputy put himself in harm’s way. They have to justify their actions.”
Park reported he was at a mobile home behind Davidson’s property when he heard the gun shot. He found Davidson yelling, “What did you do?” at Steinbach after he ran over to Davidson’s garage.
He told Davidson to find the dog, which had run and hidden under a step in the kennel, and checked Steinbach’s foot, Park reported. Then he told Davidson to put Harvey in the back of his squad car so he could take the dog to the Minnesota Valley Pet Hospital. Park also called a doctor, who met them at the hospital.
Steinbach was taken to Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was treated for a puncture wound in his small right toe and released.
Harvey is expected to survive but will be kept by authorities for at least 10 days to make sure he doesn’t have rabies, Sheriff Brad Peterson said. Davidson had not had him vaccinated for rabies within the past year and she didn’t know if he had ever been vaccinated.
Peterson said Steinbach made the correct decision when he shot the dog. Pit bulls are known to be aggressive, and Harvey had bitten through a leather boot and wouldn’t let go, Peterson said.
“If he hadn’t shot the dog, who knows what that dog would have done next,” he said. “Would he have gotten him down on the ground and went for his face?”
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