Police officers fatally shot a dog in Queens on Monday night after it bit and injured a woman, according to the NYPD.
Officials said officers arrived at the New York City Housing Authority’s Ocean Bay Apartments in Edgemere just before 9 p.m., responding to a 911 call about a dangerous animal.
Inside a building on Beach 58th Street near Beach Channel Drive, they found a pit bull attacking a 28-year-old woman, police said.
Authorities said one officer discharged their firearm, killing the dog. No people were hit by the gunfire, according to police.
The woman was taken to a local hospital in stable condition for treatment for a laceration wound from the dog bite, authorities said.
Officials said the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division was looking into the incident. Police did not make any immediate arrests in the case.
This story is based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.