SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Three pit bulls are dead following an incident in South Charleston Thursday night that left two smaller dogs dead.
According to the South Charleston Police Department, officers responded to a home in the 300 block of Henson Avenue after receiving reports of dogs attacking other animals inside a fenced yard.
When officers arrived, they confirmed that two smaller dogs had been killed in the attack.
Police said an officer shot and killed two of the pit bulls involved. A third pit bull was removed from the property and later euthanized.
The owner of the pit bulls was issued a citation for violating South Charleston’s vicious animal ordinance, according to police.
