LAKE CHARLES (AP) — Lake Charles police say an officer shot a pit bull that ran toward him as he crawled under a house to look for a burglary suspect.

Deputy Chief Mark Kraus says the officer also used a stun gun on the dog, which died during emergency surgery.

Kraus says the K-9 officer had been told that a man he was chasing Thursday had hidden under the house. He says the officer was on his stomach and nearly underneath the house when the dog ran toward him.

(American Press Archives)

Brad Puckett