A San Diego police officer shot and killed a charging dog early Monday while attempting to contact a possible witness to an earlier assault, police said.
The officer was investigating after a man was attacked by three suspects in front of his home in the vicinity of Thorn and 42nd streets around 12:20 a.m., San Diego police Sgt. Tom Sullivan said.
The dog was shot about 20 minutes later as the officer entered the gated yard of a neighbor who may have witnessed the assault, Sullivan said. The officer was not bitten or otherwise injured, according to the sergeant.
