re: Dog attack in Roanoke, VA- Reports are mildly unbelievable

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“Somebody get it off me!” the man pleaded. One man with a wire or rope around the dog’s neck attempted to choke it to force it to release while another bystander sprayed the dog’s face repeatedly with pepper spray. It only released its grip a while later, causing the crowd that gathered to scatter. The dog soon pursued the man bitten on the arm, who tried to escape into Mr. Bill’s Barber Shop. The dog tried to enter the business but the occupants closed the door on its head. Other bystanders used what looked like a dust mop to keep the dog at bay, but it soon went after another person. A man hit the dog with a hammer, and it wandered into the street. Paul Burek, who was servicing a copy machine at Curry Copy, had witnessed the whole event and had earlier retrieved his small handgun from his car. When the dog wandered clear of other people, Burek shot it once. It kept moving, and Burek closed on it, shooting it again at close range and knocking it down. As the dog wailed and writhed on the pavement, witnesses screamed for Burek to end the dog’s suffering.

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