A woman was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after being attacked by a large dog in San Francisco, police said.
The incident was reported around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday on the 500 block of Larkin Street, in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood just north of San Francisco City Hall.
Police responded to the area for a report of a person being attacked by a dog. When officers arrived, they found an injured person and the attacking dog next to the victim, police said, adding officer separated the victim and dog.
Police said officers restrained the dog until Animal Care and Control arrived to take it in custody. Video posted to the Citizen app show an officer yanking a dog away from the victim with a snare pole. Officer then immediately move in to help the woman.
“Officers separated the victim and the dog,” police said in a news release. “Officers rendered aid to the victim and medics arrived on scene.”
A witness said the dog had been wandering the streets off leash for a while before the attack. The dog is no longer alive, according to police.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.