Dog shot and killed in Setauket after attacking four people, Suffolk police say
Suffolk County police at the scene of a dog attack in Setauket. Credit: Stringer News Service
A Suffolk County police officer shot and killed a bulldog early Wednesday in Setauket after three people said it attacked them in their home, according to police.
A resident called 911 about 12:30 a.m. to report the dog was biting them at their home on St. George Glen Road, police said.
Police said the 6½-year-old English bulldog then attacked an officer, who fired his pistol and killed the dog.
Three residents of the home — two women and a man — along with the police officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries. They were taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital to be treated, police said.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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