San Francisco police reportedly shot two dogs — including one fatally — after several canines attacked another small dog and bit a man in the city’s Fillmore District late Friday morning.
According to the San Francisco Fire Department, the incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. Friday near Fillmore and Eddy. The San Francisco Department of Emergency posted on X about police activity in the area of that intersection and Geary Blvd and Steiner Street due to police activity and emergency response. Although the post asked the public to avoid the area, no details were given about the incident.
San Francisco Fire Department officials told CBS News Bay Area that three dogs owned by one person were at the center of the incident reported at 11:11 a.m. and that “at least one of those three dogs attempted to attack another dog “.
Bystanders reportedly intervened and sprayed the dogs with pepper spray. In addition to fire units, San Francisco police and San Francisco Animal Care and Control personnel also responded to the scene.
Paramedics arrived and found a 45-year-old male victim with bites to his arm and hand. That victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital, fire officials said. SFPD and SF Animal Care and Control worked to secure the dogs.
Police reportedly shot two of the dogs, with one of the dogs killed by gunfire.
Aerial video of the scene in what appeared to be a parking lot with multiple officers on scene near a yellow tarp believed to have covered the fatally shot dog.
The other dogs were in the custody of SF Animal Care and Control.
