Police killed a pit bull after it attacked its owner

Port Byron police killed a pit bull after it attacked its owner today, said Police Chief Christopher O'Donovan. He said he saw the dog biting Johanna Wiggins, 23, and shot it once, then four more times as the dog moved to attack him. An ambulance took Wiggins to Auburn Hospital. She was then transferred to University Hospital for stitches, O'Donovan said. She suffered "significant damage" to her left arm, he said.
The dog died and was picked up by a Cayuga County dog control officer, O'Donovan said. It will be tested for rabies. O'Donovan didn't know why the dog attacked Wiggins. Wiggins recently moved to that address and police have not received prior calls about the dog, he said.

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