Sanitation worker and officer injured in incident; investigation underway by LAPD unit.
A dog was shot and killed by police after attacking a city sanitation worker and an officer during a cleanup operation in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 10:35 a.m. Tuesday in the 10200 block of Norris Avenue, where officers assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department Foothill Division were assisting the Los Angeles Sanitation Bureau and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority with a CARE+ cleanup.
According to police, a sanitation worker clearing debris from a sidewalk was attacked by a large dog that emerged from near a parked recreational vehicle. Officers intervened, but the dog then turned and attacked one of the officers.
Police said an officer opened fire during the encounter, striking and killing the dog.
The sanitation worker and the officer sustained multiple bite injuries, while a LAHSA employee suffered a minor abrasion. All three were transported by the Los Angeles Fire Department to a hospital for treatment. No other injuries were reported.
The LAPD’s Force Investigation Division is investigating the shooting. The dog’s remains were taken by the sanitation bureau to the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services for a necropsy.
