BOSTON (AP) — A dog fatally attacked a woman Monday evening and bit two police officers in a Boston neighborhood, police said.

Boston police said they responded to a report of a dog attack around 5 p.m. and found a seriously injured woman and an injured man in the Roxbury neighborhood. The woman, whose name has not been released and who is believed to be the owner of the dog, died in hospital.

“Obviously the dog, given what it did to the two victims, the owners of the dogs, the officers made the decision to turn it away and put it down,” Deputy Police Supt. of Boston, Paul McLaughlin, to reporters Monday evening.

Two police officers were bitten by the dog as it rushed towards them and one of them shot the animal. Both officers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Three other dogs were removed from the property by the city.

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