VICIOUS DOG TERRORIZES CROFTON NEIGHBORHOOD

            A VICIOUS DOG WHICH TERRORIZED A CROFTON NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN SHOT, BUT HIS FATE IS UNKNOWN.

            TIFFANY POWELL OF 174 KELVIN DRIVE FIRST SAW THE DOG SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR HER HOME AND BELIEVED IT WAS INTERESTED IN HER DOG, WHICH WAS IN A PIN.

            THE DOG REPORTEDLY GROWLED AT HER CHILDREN AND CHASED THEM THEN, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE ITS WRATH. THE NEXT DAY, MS. POWELL WAS DOWN THE ROAD VISITITING A RELATIVE WHEN SHE HEARD A SCREAM AND SAW THE DOG COVERED IN BLOOD.

            THE DOG RAN OFF AND SHE FOUND HER CHILD WITH PUNCTURE WOUNDS FROM A BITE TO THE FOREHEAD AND LOWER LIP. AFTER STOPPING THE BLEEDING, MS. POWELL TOOK HER CHLD TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.

            DEPUTY WADE CONNELL WAS ABLE TO FIND THE DOG AND TRACKED IT TO A PRINCETON STREET RESIDENCE, WHERE THE RESIDENTS TOLD HIM THE DOG WASN’T THEIR’S, IT HAD JUST SHOWN UP RECENTLY AND STUCK AROUND.

            THE HOME-OWNER ALSO REPORTEDLY SAID HE HAD KNOWN OF THE DOG BITING OTHER CHILDREN IN THE AREA, BUT HAD MADE NO ATTEMPT TO RUN THE DOG OUT OF HIS GARAGE.

            MS. POWELL ENCOUNTERED THE DOG A THIRD TIME TUESDAY MORNING. THIS TIME, SHE REPORTEDLY FETCHED A GUN AND SHOT THE DOG, THOUGH HE DID NOT DIE.

            THE VICIOUS CANINE FLED THE SCENE AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE.

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