Overview
- Police answering a reported mutual assault at a Birkenweg home in Neu Wulmstorf were confronted by a pit bull.
- The dog ran from an open door and bit an officer in the hand, and a second officer was hurt in a fall, and both went to hospital.
- Officers fired several shots to stop the attack, and the dog died at the scene.
- Criminal complaints were filed against the 36-year-old dog owner and a 30-year-old woman involved in the domestic dispute.
- Police are probing whether the owner directed the dog to attack, and they have not yet clarified whether one or two officers fired.