PIT BULL ATTACKS MAN WALKING ON FOREST PARK BOULEVARD

            A PIT BULL REPORTEDLY ATTACKED A MAN WALKING DOWN FOREST PARK BOULEVARD SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

            MARCUS CHAMBERS OF 7013 FOREST PARK TOLD DEPUTY WADE CONNELL HE WAS WALKING IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF 7050 FOREST PARK AROUND 12:45 SUNDAY WHEN THE RESIDENT OF THAT ADDRESS REPORTEDLY LET HIS DOG OUT OF THE HOME.

            CHAMBERS SAID THE DOG IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED HIM, BITING HIM ON THE HAND AND ON HIS PANTS.

            THE DOG THEN RAN OFF AND CHAMBERS SAID THE RESIDENT MADE NO ATTEMPT TO ASSIST HIM.

            WHEN POLICE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DOG’S OWNER, HE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO CONTROL A SECOND DOG WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AND THAT CHAMBERS HAD WALKED AWAY BY THE TIME HE COULD GET BACK OUTSIDE TO ASSIST.

            CHAMBERS WAS REPORTEDLY ADVISED OF HIS OPTIONS CONCERNING FILING A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL COMPLAINT.

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