KINGSTON, N.H. (AP) – The police chief in Kingston fatally shot a pitbull that had bitten another person and lunged at him. State Police say Police Chief Donald Briggs, responding to a call Wednesday, saw the pitbull attacking another dog that was leashed to the deck of a house. He tried to get the pitbull off the other dog.

At the same time, Briggs learned that the pitbull had already bitten a woman who tried to stop the attack. The pitbull lunged at Briggs, then attacked the other dog again. Briggs then shot the pitbull.

The other dog was being treated for multiple bite wounds to the neck and head.