Cape Cod Man Fatally Shoots Foster Dog After It Attacks Him

YARMOUTH, MA – A Cape Cod man fatally shot a dog he was fostering after it attacked him while he was lying in bed, police said. The 25-year-old West Yarmouth man and his girlfriend were lying with the dog Sunday when it attacked and repeatedly bit him, according to police.

The attack happened around 6 p.m. on Woodbine Avenue. Emergency crews arrived to find the man with "severe" wounds to his left arm and the pit bull terrier, named Max, dead.

The man told police he used a 9mm gun in his nightstand to shoot the dog when it would not stop attacking him.

"The single shot stopped the attack and the dog died shortly afterwards," Yarmouth police said in a statement.

The man, who is licensed to own a gun in Massachusetts, was taken to Cape Cod Hospital. Officers took the handgun, a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition from the home "for safekeeping," according to a police statement.

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