Juvenile hospitalized after two-dog attack in Morton
Animal control found the dogs actively attacking the juvenile; one dog was shot after later charging a citizen, police said.
Incident summary
Morton police said a Tazewell County Animal Control officer found two loose dogs actively attacking a juvenile. A village employee and a private citizen stopped to help. Before police arrived, one dog charged the private citizen, who fatally shot it; animal control captured the second dog. The juvenile was taken to a hospital and the incident remained under investigation.
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Morton police said two dogs were actively attacking the juvenile; one was later shot by a citizen after charging him and the other was captured by animal control.
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