Pit Bull Hit With Shovel During Attack On 2 Women

CHICAGO, IL - A Burnside neighborhood resident stopped a pit bull's attack on two women Wednesday night by hitting the dog with a shovel, police said in a report released early Thursday. Chicago police responded to the 9100 block of South Woodlawn at 7:49 p.m., when they found two victims: a 67-year-old woman and 46-year-old woman.

"A resident from the neighborhood struck the dog with a shovel allowing the victims to seek shelter," according to the report.

Both victims were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, police said. The dog was located and secured by police and Animal Control.

Just three days prior, a 57-year-old woman died after a pit bull attack near 101st and Calhoun in the nearby Jeffrey Manor neighborhood.

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