Woman and two children hospitalized after dog attack on 49th Street NE in Washington
D.C. police reporting said a loose dog bit a woman and her two children on 49th Street NE on March 25, 2024 before an officer shot the attacking dog.
Incident summary
A woman and her two children were bitten by a loose dog in the 800 block of 49th Street NE on March 25, 2024. Metropolitan Police reporting cited by FOX 5 said an officer saw the dog biting the woman and shot it, stopping the attack. All three victims were taken to hospitals and were expected to recover. A second dog at the scene was not counted as an attacking dog in this record.
Metropolitan Police investigated the officer’s firearm discharge under its use-of-force procedures. BiteDB records the police response as incident context and does not infer misconduct from the existence of a review.
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Primary record used by BiteDB
FOX 5 reported that a brown dog appearing to be a pit bull attacked a woman and two children just after 6:30 p.m. on 49th Street NE. A responding D.C. police officer shot and killed the dog; the woman and children were hospitalized and expected to recover. Other national reporting likewise cited MPD and described all three victims as injured.
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- Dog Killed By Police After Woman, 2 Children Were Injured When Animal Attacked — People national corroboration citing MPD/local reporting · 2024-03-27
What BiteDB does not infer
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