Officers shot and killed a pit bull that charged at them as they conducted a parolee search operation in Pasadena Wednesday morning, police said.
Pasadena police detectives went to a residence in the 1700 block of El Sereno Avenue shortly before 11 a.m.
The officers were standing in the driveway, talking with the suspects and telling them to control their loose dogs, when one of the canines -- a large male pit bull -- charged at them through the open front door, according to a Pasadena police statement.
When the dog got within three feet of the officers, the animal was shot.
Police arrested four occupants of the Pasadena residence.
Mayde Banuelos, a 23-year-old woman, was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant; Emanuel Hernandez, 21, and Jose David Moreno, 35, were booked on suspicion of willfully resisting, delaying or obstructing arrest; and Salvador Hernandez, 19, was taken into custody for alleged parole violations.
—City News Service
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