{"id":181068,"date":"2026-03-31T17:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/181068\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:31:08","slug":"two-dogs-shot-dead-by-nypd-cops-to-save-queens-owner-from-mauling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/181068\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dogs shot dead by NYPD cops to save Queens owner from mauling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pit bull mauling its owner\u2019s arm was shot dead by NYPD cops in a Queens apartment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/nypd-ends-2025-with-historic-decreases-in-murders-and-shootings-uptick-in-rapes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a> said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A second dog caught in the crossfire inside the home in NYCHA\u2019s Ocean Bay Apartments in the Rockaways was also killed, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Horrified witnesses called 911 about 10:30 p.m. Monday after the pit bull attacked its 28-year-old owner inside her apartment on Beach 58th St. near Beach Channel Drive, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD officers opened fire on the pit bull still attacking its master. The pet died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The second dog, a large mixed breed, was critically wounded by a stray slug and died before it could be brought to an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycacc.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Animal Care Centers of NYC<\/a> facility for treatment, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman suffered extensive wounds to her arm and lost a lot of blood, cops said. She was taken to an area hospital, where she\u2019s expected to recover.<\/p>\n<p>The officers who responded were also taken to the hospital for ringing in the ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pit bull mauling its owner\u2019s arm was shot dead by NYPD cops in a Queens apartment, police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,122,124,123,265],"class_list":["post-181068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}