NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Police and animal control are investigating after a woman shot her own dog in Newport News.
Newport News police spokesperson Brandon Maynard said the city’s animal control received a call about an issue on Huber Road just after 11 a.m.
Responding officers found the woman had shot her own dog because it was attacking her other dog.
Police said the woman will not be charged in connection to this incident.
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