Redford, Michigan

From the Livonia Observer & Eccentric of July 5, 2007

Fearing attack, man shoots, kills rottweiler

A Redford man shot and killed an 100-pound rottweiler as it ran toward a 10-year-old neighbor boy late Sunday afternoon.

The dog had been seen lose [sic] in the neighborhood, and the shooter told police he feared it was going to attack the boy, according to a Redford Township police report.

The man had walked the boy to his house because of the dog, and they were waiting for the boy's mother to open the side door when the dog ran, he said.

The incident occurred on Riverdale Street south of Plymouth Road.

The dog came from a house on Virgil Street, one block to the west.

Police said the shooter had a valid concealed weapons permit.

Police requested followup by the animal control department on possible dog ordinance violations by the dog's owner.