JACKSON COUNTY, MO.—Law enforcement are investigating a fatal dog attack in the Kansas City suburb of Independence.
Just after 2:30p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a home near E. Bundschu Road and N. Jones Road, according to a media release.
A dog was attacking the victim when officers arrived at the home. Because the dog was so aggressive and the victim's injuries were so severe, one officer shot the dog.
The dog then became aggressive toward the officers, and the officers shot the dog a second time and killed it.
Officers provided emergency treatment to the victim, later identified as 41-year-old Tyler Brennan, until an ambulance arrived and took him to the hospital. Medical staff pronounced Brennan deceased. There were no other injuries.