Shooting Reported in Attleboro
A man is shot in the abdomen at a home on Smith Street. Animal control removes two dogs from the home during the investigation.
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Police were called late Sunday night to a home on Smith Street in Attleboro, where a man had been shot in the abdomen, various media reported. The man was taken to a nearby hospital. His condition is unknown.
The incident happened shortly before 11 p.m. Police are searching for a suspect.
Various media are reporting that one large dog was removed from the home by Animal Control so that police could do an investigation. A source familiar with the situation told Attleboro Patch it was two dogs—an American bulldog and a pit bull. They are at the Attleboro Animal Shelter.
The shift commander at the Attleboro police station told Patch at 10:30 a.m. that no new information was available. He said more information could be available in the afternoon.
Tori
4:24 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
Please tell me how the breed of dog is relative in anyway to this?
Steven Scott
5:20 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
because it all ties together:
Related Topics: Attleboro Police Department, Pit Bull, and Shooting
Muriel Reilly
8:52 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Tori, because many media personnel cannot help but find opportunity to show pit bull dogs in a negative light.
Sad, wrong, but true.
Jonathan Friedman
9:57 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Hi Tori and Muriel: The breeds of the dogs were mentioned because those were the breeds. If they were two Havanese, I would have mentioned that as well. In journalism, we are supposed to be as specific as we can. I did not think of this as an "opportunity to show pit bull dogs in a negative light."