A Boston police officer discharged a weapon Thursday morning as officers tried to subdue a “vicious dog” outside the Boston Public Library, according to police. The incident happened at about 9:22 a.m. outside the 700 Boylston St. building, near where crews were laying down the Finish Line for the 129th Boston Marathon. Police were initially called there to remove the dog’s owners – two homeless women who were outside the library.A witness said it appeared a woman was trying to control a dog that was trying to jump on a man.”There was a dog and a woman trying to control the dog, a police officer trying to contain the situation, and a homeless guy in a blanket on the street in front of the library. He was yelling at the dog, and the dog looked like he was out of control there,” Justin Kuo said. “(The dog) was trying to jump on the man.”Boston police said, “Officers encountered a vicious dog. In an effort to gain control of the animal, a firearm was discharged.”Kassi Michalsky, the dog’s owner, said the 9-month-old Staffordshire terrier is named Maggie May.”She just jumped. She didn’t touch him. She just jumped and when she did, he went backwards and he tripped,” said Michalsky. “The situation just got worse and it got out of our hands, and out of their hands.”The dog ran away. It was later found in the Boston Common/Downtown Crossing area, where officers used a Taser to subdue and contain it at the corner of Franklin and Pearl streets. “We can confirm that one firearm discharge occurred at 700 Boylston Street and multiple Taser deployments were made at separate locations in the course of attempting to apprehend the dog,” police said in a statement.No injuries have been reported in connection with the firearm discharge, police said. The officer was taken to a local hospital for an evaluation, police said. The dog is now with animal control and Michalsky is waiting to learn the next steps to get Maggie May back. For Kuo, the incident brought back unsettling memories of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing at the Finish Line on Boylston Street.”It’s a little scary. I was here in 2013 on the Finish Line, and it was the same sort of sound that you heard back then. Loud, a little scary,” he said. The incident remains under investigation.
A Boston police officer discharged a weapon Thursday morning as officers tried to subdue a “vicious dog” outside the Boston Public Library, according to police.
The incident happened at about 9:22 a.m. outside the 700 Boylston St. building, near where crews were laying down the Finish Line for the 129th Boston Marathon. Police were initially called there to remove the dog’s owners – two homeless women who were outside the library.
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A witness said it appeared a woman was trying to control a dog that was trying to jump on a man.
“There was a dog and a woman trying to control the dog, a police officer trying to contain the situation, and a homeless guy in a blanket on the street in front of the library. He was yelling at the dog, and the dog looked like he was out of control there,” Justin Kuo said. “(The dog) was trying to jump on the man.”
Boston police said, “Officers encountered a vicious dog. In an effort to gain control of the animal, a firearm was discharged.”
Kassi Michalsky, the dog’s owner, said the 9-month-old Staffordshire terrier is named Maggie May.
“She just jumped. She didn’t touch him. She just jumped and when she did, he went backwards and he tripped,” said Michalsky. “The situation just got worse and it got out of our hands, and out of their hands.”
The dog ran away. It was later found in the Boston Common/Downtown Crossing area, where officers used a Taser to subdue and contain it at the corner of Franklin and Pearl streets.
“We can confirm that one firearm discharge occurred at 700 Boylston Street and multiple Taser deployments were made at separate locations in the course of attempting to apprehend the dog,” police said in a statement.
No injuries have been reported in connection with the firearm discharge, police said. The officer was taken to a local hospital for an evaluation, police said.
The dog is now with animal control and Michalsky is waiting to learn the next steps to get Maggie May back.
For Kuo, the incident brought back unsettling memories of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing at the Finish Line on Boylston Street.
“It’s a little scary. I was here in 2013 on the Finish Line, and it was the same sort of sound that you heard back then. Loud, a little scary,” he said.
The incident remains under investigation.
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