Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. –
A chihuahua is dead after a pit bull attacked and killed it this weekend at Austin’s dog park.
Officers went to the 1000 block of Ninth Avenue SW where a 19-year-old Austin girl said the pit bull somehow got into the section for small dogs, violently shook her chihuaha and killed it at about 8 a.m. on Sunday.
Though the owner of the pit bull, David Davenport, 42, left the dog park that day, he did report the attack at about 6 a.m. today. The owner allegedly told officers that he left because he thought the chihuahua was only injured, and he saw no blood. Police Chief Brian Krueger said an officer would likely take the dog to the pound and cite the owner for owning a potentially dangerous dog. It is unclear how the pit bull got into the fenced area for small dogs.
