ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A Roanoke County woman faces charges after, investigators say, her dog attacked another woman October 3.
Tiffany Turner is charged with one count of felony failure to control a dog leading to human injury, plus two counts each of misdemeanor animal nuisance and dog at large.
Police say a woman was walking her dog on Ingal Blvd in the Glenvar area when she was attacked by another dog.
Officers tased the dog, briefly scaring it off, but as they were helping the victim, the dog returned and tried to get around the officers to attack the woman again, according to police. At that point, an officer shot and killed the dog.
The victim is being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The attack by the pit bull was captured by a neighbor’s doorbel