A dog was fatally shot after attacking a Florida sheriff’s deputy and a pizza delivery man.
Both men allegedly needed surgery after encountering Cujo, a pit bull, on Sunday.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Michele Nicholson said the pit bull attacked the delivery man, 19-year-old John Wade, who knocked on the front door of Cujo’s home in Mary Esther.
Deputies were called to help restrain the pit. Nicholson said the dog charged Deputy Cutler Petersen, who sprayed him with pepper spray.
Nicholson said Cujo wouldn’t release Petersen and a second deputy shot the dog multiple times. Cujo died at the scene.
Panhandle Animal Welfare Society Director Dee Thompson said Cujo previously bit a woman.
Neighbors also said the dog repeatedly menaced them while they were walking outside.