SEDGWICK COUNTY—Three people were injured in a dog attack Saturday in Sedgwick County.
Just after 10a.m. Saturday, sheriff's deputies responded to the 4600 block of South Hemlock in the Oaklawn neighborhood of Sedgwick County after reports of a man being attacked by several dogs, according to Sedgwick County Sheriff's spokesman Branden Stitt.
Deputies found 10 to 15 dogs, believed to be Boston terriers, running at large. As one deputy tried to help an injured 18-year-old man, the dogs attacked the deputy. Two deputies fired their guns to stop the attack and protect the deputy and others. No people, animals or property were hit by gunfire. The dogs’ owner later contained them.
Deputies have learned a 69-year-old woman had gone to her son’s home on Hemlock and the dogs bit her while she was inside the house. She ran from the home, and the dogs chased her and then attacked the 18-year-old man nearby.
Sedgwick County EMS took the 18-year-old to a Wichita hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. The 69-year-old woman went for treatment in a private vehicle. The deputy attacked by the dogs reported only minor injuries.
Sedgwick County Animal Control took custody of the dogs and is leading the ongoing investigation.