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11 Bullets Required by Oak Ridge Officer to Kill Aggressive Pit Bull

Gets Up After 6 Bullets
Oak Ridge, TN - An Oak Ridge police officer was forced to shoot an aggressive pit bull 11 times after the dog attacked and critically injured another dog. Animal control officer Don Russell responded to the initial call, but then called the Police Department for "dispatch" help. Russell found the pit bull covered in blood in the back yard of 121 Wellington Circle, standing over the other dog. The injured dog, which Russell believed to be dead, was lying on the ground.

"When Officers Matt Tedford and Christine Graham arrived, Tedford decided not to shoot the dog at that point because of safety. Wellington Circle residences on the south side of the street back up to West Outer Drive between Jefferson Avenue and Wayne Road, and against a cul de sac on the north side. Reports said several residents were standing nearby and the houses are close together and yards back up against each other.
But then the dog became aggressive and charged at the officers, reports said.
Tedford shot the dog six times causing the dog to drop to the ground, reports said. The dog, however, reportedly tried to get up, got aggressive and tried to bite at Tedford, who had walked over to check it. At that point, he shot the dog five more times, killing it, reports said.

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6 thoughts on “11 Bullets Required by Oak Ridge Officer to Kill Aggressive Pit Bull”

  1. How long are we going to put up with this? We and our families and pets can't enjoy our own yards, even our own homes, without pit bulls fighting to the death to try to kill us.

    How long are we going to let tax cheat breeders and fighters and some disturbed fanatics take away our basic freedoms?

  2. That was one "game" pit bull! You know the owner was breeding it. Here's to more "game," deadly attacking pit bulls in Tennessee! Pray to God the next victim is not your child, grandmother or your pet.

  3. I'm not going to put up with it. ANY pit bull that comes into my yard is a dead pit bull, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

  4. It's just incredible, most dogs would try to get away if they had been shot, but not the pitties. They want more.

  5. After the "dogfight" the animal must have been totally activated. Go, go, go! Fight to the death! Self-preservation has been bred out of these dogs.

  6. If we only had a breakstick…

    I want Cesar Milan or Ledy Van Kavage to demonstrate how to use a breakstick on a pit bull engaged in combat…

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