A McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy was amongst three individuals injured Thursday after a sequence of canine assaults in McHenry, occurring after authorities have been dispatched to studies of an aggressive canine struggle, police stated.
According to officers, deputies responded at round 5:50 p.m. to calls of a canine struggle within the space of Huemann Drive and Stilling Boulevard, the place the proprietor of the dogs stated was unable to separate them throughout a struggle and had sustained chew wounds together with a neighbor who tried to intervene.
Authorities stated deputies found three dogs loosely enclosed on a entrance porch and two different dogs corralled in a automobile upon arrival.
Police stated whereas the canine proprietor was was talking with deputies when the three dogs broke by way of the porch gate and ran aggressively towards responding officers and firefighters.
Officials stated “less-lethal” makes an attempt to subdue the dogs have been made utilizing tasers and a fireplace extinguisher, with one canine ultimately being shot by a deputy. One deputy additionally sustained a canine chew and was handled at a close-by hospital.
According to authorities, McHenry County Animal Control took possession of three dogs whereas one canine stays unaccounted for.
The canine unaccounted for is described by authorities as a petite brown pit bull with a white stripe on its face. Police ask that any sightings of the animal be reported to authorities at 815-459-6222.
