A police officer is injured and a Rottweiler is dead after a wild brawl in the Wynnefield section of the city.
The ordeal began with a traffic stop on North 56th Street. Police say a heated and physical argument began between the people inside the car that was stopped and the officer who pulled them over.
Investigators say a passenger inside the car then ran towards a nearby home. A fight soon broke out between the passenger and responding officers inside the house, according to police. During the altercation, police say someone unleashed a Rottweiler onto an officer.
“An individual showed up with a Rottweiler on a leash and sicced the Rottweiler onto the officers,” said Philadelphia Police Captain Michael Weaver. “The officers were wrestling inside the house with somebody on the ground and they dispatched the dog. The officer was bitten on the wrist.”
Police say the Rottweiler was then shot and killed by an officer. They have not confirmed however whether it was the officer who was bitten or another officer who killed the dog.
Police have not confirmed any arrests but say a few people were taken into custody. The officer who was bitten was taken to the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Police say he suffered a laceration on his wrist but is expected to be okay. The SPCA is currently conducting rabies test on the dead animal as a precaution.
