Miami-Dade deputies shoot attacking dogs in the Redland, sheriff’s office says
Deputies shot and killed two large dogs that were attacking a man Monday afternoon in the Redland agricultural district in southwest Miami-Dade County, the sheriff’s office said.
The deputies were in the area of Southwest 172nd Avenue and 161st Street around 2:30 p.m. taking a report for an earlier robbery when they heard a man screaming in the backyard of a house, the sheriff’s office said.
They ran into the yard and saw two Cane Corsos attacking the man, said Detective Luis Sierra, a sheriff’s office spokesman. Cane Corsos are part of the mastiff family.
One deputy fired his stun gun at the dogs, which initially caused them to stop biting the man, but not for long, Sierra said. Both deputies then shot the dogs with their service guns, Sierra said.
The deputies began providing medical aid to the man, who has bleeding so profusely that they had to use a tourniquet to stanch the bleeding, according to the sheriff’s office.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paramedics took the man to the hospital, where he was in stable condition as of Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said.
Cane corsos are a large Italian breed of dog that can weigh up to 100 pounds, according to the American Kennel Club. Their lineage goes back to Ancient Rome, and their name roughly translates to “bodyguard dog” in Latin, the club says on its website.
Miami Herald news partner CBS 4 Miami reports the dogs belonged to the man who was attacked. The incident is under investigation by the sheriff’s office’s Internal Affairs detectives, the agency said.
