Man shot while interceding in pit bull attack

[DS1]

An Eastside man was shot twice Sunday while trying to stop a pit bull attack on two neighborhood dogs, police said, and fell to the sidewalk as his children watched.

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he children were in the Haynes' front yard with their small dog, Duchess, when the shooter was walking his dog north in the 1200 block of Tecumseh Street, neighbors and police said. One resident, Tracey Matthews, said the small dog from her next-door neighbor's home had gotten loose, and both dogs were being threatened by the pit bull.
The pit bull latched onto one of those dogs and wouldn't let go, police said. Haynes was trying to get that dog away from the pit bull, when a friend came out of the house wielding a rolling pin.
That's when, neighbors and police said, the dog-walker pulled a handgun from his waistband and said something like, "I told you not to touch my dog," before opening fire.
"The kids were hysterical,'' said neighbor Anita Graeser, a 25-year-old graduate student studying counseling at Christian Theological Seminary.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070625/LOCAL1803/706250418

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. Holy.Freakin.God.

:mad: :cry:

[flvegan]

2. What the hell?

Too many holes in that story to even manage a comment on.

Was the shooter's dog on a leash? If so, how was the dog threatening/getting after two loose dogs?

I like the way the story spins into 4 paragraphs about banning pitbulls. Not one word about handgun violence though. Also, nothing about the condition of the dog that was allegedly "latched onto" either.

[Bassic]

3. That's horrible...

Trying to stop a pitbull is dangerous enough on its own, but getting shot in front of your kids? I mean, what the fuck is wrong with that shooter?

[ThomCat]

4. That is a man who needs to be in jail for a long, long time.

And he should never be allowed to own either a dog or a gun if he ever getd out. Clearly he doesn't know how to train/control a dog, and he can't be trusted with a gun.

[LostinVA]

5. Oh boy -- I am so not in the mood for popcorn right now!

[Tyler Durden]

6. AMEN sister. TESTIFY!!

Think I'll walk away...right now.