Overview
- Police say a deputy entered a locked, fenced front yard on Monday after calls about a dog attack and shot a pit bull when verbal commands failed to stop the animal from attacking an unresponsive man.
- Deputies gave first aid at the scene and Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics transported the man to a hospital where he was reported in stable condition.
- Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control took custody of the dog's remains and investigators say preliminary information points to a family member who lived with the victim as the dog’s owner.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the case is under criminal investigation and will be reviewed under department use-of-force policy, and no other people were reported injured.
- The report noted that the locked gate limited immediate access, a factor that shaped the deputies’ response and will likely be a focus of the ongoing review; local coverage also recalled a fatal backyard pit-bull attack in Lancaster last July that involved a deputy shooting a dog.