Post updated at 9:28 p.m. Tuesday, May 7:
A dog was killed and its owner was injured in a shooting Monday in North Lawrence, according to police.
“A woman was shot and a man was injured today after a dog got loose and attacked the man and his dog while walking in the 700 block of Ash Street” around noon Monday, according to a social media post from the Lawrence Police Department.
“The man stopped the attack by shooting the attacking dog and killing it, but he also struck the dog’s owner, who was trying to restrain the dog, in the upper leg,” according to the post.
The woman was taken to an area trauma center with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, according to the post. The man was seen by medics but declined further treatment at the scene.
In an update Tuesday afternoon, police said the woman had been released from the hospital and was recovering from her injuries.
“She says the shelter in KC where she rescued the (now) deceased dog in 2020 called her a pit-mix,” according to the post. “The woman was letting the dog out back with her other dog when she says the dog escaped and she immediately ran after it.”
Detectives were finishing up interviews and paperwork and will discuss the facts of the case with the district attorney, according to the post.
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