BALTIMORE – A 50-year-old woman was killed and two other people were injured after she was attacked by a pack of stray dogs in West Baltimore on Friday evening, according to Baltimore police.
Around 9 p.m., police were called to the 2000 block of North Pulaski Street in Mondawmin for reports of a dog bite. When police arrived on the scene, they were told that two stray pit bulls had attacked three people.
Two officers shot at the dogs, hitting one of them, a Baltimore police spokesman said in an email to The Sun.
The dogs were recovered by the police and Animal Protection. A spokesperson for the Baltimore City Health Department, which includes the city’s Office of Animal Control, was not available for comment.
Two people who were attacked by the dogs were taken to nearby hospitals, a police spokesman said. Police were unable to provide an update on their condition on Saturday.
In April, a 58-year-old man was seriously bitten by two pit bulls in southwest Baltimore, according to a report on Fox45. The attack happened in the 2700 block of West Fairmount Avenue.
At the time, a spokesperson for the Baltimore City Health Department said that dogs involved in such attacks are given a “dangerous or malicious hearing to assess their behavior.”
In 2012, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that pit bulls are inherently dangerous animals. The dogs are banned in Prince George’s County.
