Calumet Heights - Police
shot two dogs that charged at officers who were executing a search
warrant in the Pill Hill neighborhood, according to authorities.
A
41-year-old man who was the target of the investigation was taken into
custody. He lived in the home with an older relative, police said.
The
dogs were with him in a bedroom on the first floor of the home in the
9200 block of South Merrill Avenue when police served the warrant about
10:30 p.m. Monday.
Police
said the man was in bed with a gun on him and another gun on the bed
when police confronted him. The dogs, described as adult pit bulls,
charged at the officers a short time later. One of the dogs was killed
and the other survived and was being treated by a veterinarian, police
said.
Police said they seized cocaine, ecstasy and cash along with the guns during the raid. No was was injured.
A woman older than the man, possibly his aunt or mother, was home and upstairs at the time.
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