BRIEFLY TWO WILD PIT BULLS CAPTURED VIA TRAPS.LAKE LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - Los Angeles County animal control officials said they captured two of three wild pit bulls that bit a man and elderly woman last weekend at a mobile home park. The dogs were captured Thursday by traps set among the rocks of a nearby butte Butte, city, United States Butte (by  t), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center. , where officials believe the dogs have been living wild. The third, a reddish-colored pitbull, is still being sought. ``We're asking that if residents see the dog, they call the shelter immediately,'' said Department spokeswoman Kaye Michelson. ``They should not attempt to approach the dog.'' The attacks occurred Saturday in a mobile home park in the 39000 block of 145th Street East, which adjoins Lovejoy Butte. Officials say the stray dogs were coming out of the hills and into the park to hunt for food and then fleeing back into the hills. They first attacked a man, biting him on the arm and the leg. He was taken to a local hospital. The second attack left an elderly woman with multiple puncture wounds puncture wound n. A wound that is deeper than it is wide, produced by a narrow pointed object. on both legs. She was airlifted to a San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. hospital where she was scheduled to undergo surgery on Thursday, officials said. - Daily News Man shot during Lancaster heist LANCASTER - A Lancaster man who came to a neighbor's aid was shot and wounded by a gunman wearing a ski mask, who with an accomplice accomplice: see accessory. robbed the neighbor's home. Melvin Scott, 28, was hit in the arm by one of several shots fired at him by the armed intruder An attacker that gains, or tries to gain, unauthorized access to a system. See attacker, intrusion and IDS. , who confronted him at the neighbor's front door, deputies said. He was hospitalized Friday in good condition, officials said. Deputies said Scott told them a neighbor came to him about 8 p.m. Thursday asking for help, saying that there were two armed men inside the neighbor's house. Scott ran to the neighbor's house, in the 44400 block of Benald Street, where he was confronted at the front door by a man with a handgun. Scott ran back to his house as the gunman shot at him, deputies said. Two women in the home told deputies the two gunmen entered their house through the garage, ordered them to the floor and demanded money. The robbers ran out through a back door, and deputies aren't sure what was taken. The robbers were described only as men wearing dark clothing, ski masks and dark leather gloves A leather glove is a fitted covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb. This covering is composed of the tanned hide of an animal (with the hair removed), though it is not uncommon in recent years for the leather to be synthetic. . - Daily News |
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