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Deputy Shoots Pit Bull

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By GEOFF FOX

gfox@tampatrib.com

Published: December 13, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Pasco County sheriff's Deputy Matthew Kadel acknowledges that he shot and killed a pit bull that bit him on the left arm and leg and repeatedly charged at him this week.

After the shooting, the dog's owners, who say the animal was chained when it was killed, threatened to "hunt me down and shoot me," Kadel said in a sheriff's report.

The incident happened about 9:37 a.m. Thursday, when Kadel was dispatched to help a county building inspector perform a minimum housing standards inspection at 8628 Adonis Drive, records said.
Kadel was walking to the home when the dog bit him on the left arm and leg before going back to its doghouse, the sheriff's office said. As Kadel knocked on the front door, the dog came toward the inspector.
Kadel said the dog was not on a leash.

The dog came at Kadel again. It was about 2 feet away when Kadel shot it in the head, according to the sheriff's office.

About a minute after the shooting, six people came out of the house.
Kadel said in his report that Russell Lane, 27, and Michael Lane, 25, who live at the house, told him to shoot them. The Lanes threatened retaliation, said Kadel, whose wounds were cleaned at the scene with hydrogen peroxide.

Reporter Geoff Fox can be reached at (813) 779-4613.

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