Overview
- North Yorkshire Police were called around 3:15pm Friday to reports of several dogs running loose in the Bellhouse Way/Foxwood area of York.
- One large Alsatian-type dog bit a man on the leg causing deep lacerations, then chased a delivery driver.
- Firearms officers closed the road, located the agitated dog on a driveway and euthanized it due to serious public safety concerns.
- The injured man received hospital treatment, and the road reopened at about 4:30pm.
- A man in his 50s was arrested on suspicion of owning a dangerous dog causing injury, and officials later said there was no wider risk to the public.