Three dogs captured, one killed after attacking three people in Chatham County

According to the Chatham County Sheriff's Office, deputies used "all less-than-lethal options" available and captured three of the four dogs. After deputies tried to capture the fourth dog on multiple occasions, a deputy shot and killed the dog.
Posted 5/21/2024, 10:13:00 PM Updated 5/22/2024, 2:07:18 AM

WAS PUT IN A CLOSET AND VERSE

TRAINED AT SCHOOL.

NEW TONIGHT, THIS WOMAN IS

FACING CHARGES AFTER DEPUTIES

SAY HER DOGS ATTACKED 3 PEOPLE,

INCLUDING A CHILD. NEW JORDAN

LAKE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M LENA

TILLETT. 4 DOGS WERE INVOLVED

IN THE ATTACKS. AUTHORITIES

CAPTURED 3 OF THEM. THE 4TH WAS

KILLED.

>> WRAL'S JULIAN GRACE IS

JOINING US LIVE IN CHATHAM

COUNTY TONIGHT WHERE THE DOGS

ARE NOW BEING HELD.

THAT'S RIGHT. LATER, DETECTIVES

ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE

NOW AT THIS POINT HOW THOSE

DOTS STRUCK NOT ONCE.

>> BUT TWICE.

>> IT WAS HERE WHERE DEPUTIES

SAY A PACK OF 4 PIT BULLS WERE

ROAMING AROUND THE FIREFLY

OVERLOOK SUBDIVISION OR IF ON

ONE 74.1, 704, POINTS.

>> FOR HER POSSIBLE TO OFFER

18. 36.

>> AND AROUND 6.30, ON MONDAY

EVENING, THE PACT FOUND A

MOTHER AND SON WALKING AND THE

DOGS ATTACKED. IT'S PRETTY

SCARY THING ABOUT IT. NOW,

DEPUTIES SAY THE 4 DID IT

BEFORE. THEY'VE BEEN A 66

YEAR-OLD MAN EARLIER IN THE

DAY.

>> ALL 3 VICTIMS WERE TREATED

AT LOCAL HOSPITALS FOR THEIR

INJURIES. AS FOR THE 4, 3 WERE

CAUGHT. ONE INITIALLY GOT AWAY.

DEPUTY SAY AFTER MULTIPLE TIMES

TRYING TO CAPTURE THE ELUSIVE

ONE, THE DEPUTY SHOT AND KILLED

THE DOG TO PREVENT FUTURE

ATTACKS. THOSE WHO WALK AROUND

HERE HAD NO CLUE OF WHAT

HAPPENED UNTIL WE TOLD THEM

WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO WALK ALONG

THIS STRETCH. HAHA.

>> I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL HAVE TO

TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.

SEE IF THIS IS THE BEST SPOT

FOR US AND NOT SO WHERE DID THE

DOGS COME FROM? THIS

DEVELOPMENT IS EMPTY.

DETECTIVES DID NOT RELEASE ALL

THE DETAILS BUT SAY THE DOGS

BELONGED TO BRITNEY 1000 AND

SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE

ATTACKS. AND FOR NOW WALKER IS

AROUND HERE SAY THEY WILL BE

MORE ALERT. YOU KEEP YOUR EYES

OPEN AND TRY TO BE A LITTLE

MORE AWARE OF IT.

NOW THE DOGS ARE CURRENTLY

BEING HELD FOR MANDATORY

TEN-DAY RABIES OBSERVATION,

PERIOD. WE DID ASK DETECTIVES

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THESE DOGS.

>> AFTER THAT OBSERVATION IS

OVER. WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK

AS OF YET REPORTING LIVE IN

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