Cheshire Constabulary chief constable Mark Roberts said: “This was an innocent man who was simply walking in the street when he was horrifically attacked by a suspected unregistered XL Bully.”.
“The sheer size and ferocity of these animals mean that our firearms officers had to discharge 19 shots – all of which hit their targets - in order to bring the incident to a conclusion and ensure the safety of the public.
Police were forced to shoot two XL bully dogs 19 times to put an end to a vicious attack on a pensioner.
A 29-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to the incident at 6.40pm on Monday after an 84-year-old man was attacked by a dog while he was walking in Bardsley Avenue, Warrington.
The two dogs were destroyed by firearms officers, who were forced to fire a total of 19 shots to bring the attack to an end.
