Deputy shoots pit bull after father deflects attack on young daughter

Deputy shoots pit bull after father deflects attack on young daughter

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By Associated Press

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy killed a 90-pound pit bull that attacked a 7-year-old girl on a tire swing in Happy Valley.

The Clackamas County sheriff's office says the girl, Jayda Kempas, was bitten severely on the leg Wednesday and would undergo surgery.

Deputy Greg Martin says that if the girl's father, National Guard Staff Sgt. Steven Hehr, had not wrestled the dog away, she likely would have died.

Hehr's shoulder was dislocated, and he was bitten.

While Hehr held it down, a bystander beat the dog with an aluminum baseball bat until he was exhausted, and then the dog's owner took up the bat.

But the dog could not be subdued.

Finally, Martin arrived and shot it.

The pit bull's body will be tested for rabies.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

 

 

 

 

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