Officer kills 1 of 3 dogs that attacked 2 women in Edmonston

Nbcwashington · Apr 28, 2026 · 257 words · By Andrea Swalec

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What to know about Officer kills 1 of 3 dogs that attacked 2 women in Edmonston

A group of three dogs attacked two women in Edmonston Tuesday morning, authorities said.

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What happened

A group of three dogs attacked two women in Edmonston Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Why it matters

An officer shot and killed one dog and caught another, and the third dog ran away.

Common ground

First, the dogs attacked a woman at Kenilworth Avenue and Decatur Street, Prince George’s County police said.

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Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Officer kills 1 of 3 dogs that attacked 2 women in Edmonston?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Officers responded at about 8:30 a.m?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/officer-kills-1-of-3-dogs-that-attacked…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Officers responded at about 8:30 a.m.”

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The specific time of 8:30 a.m. is mentioned in one search result, but not corroborated by the other news reports provided.

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web search NEUTRAL — A man is recovering after being attacked by three dogs on Monday afternoon in East Haven.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RwVqW8VG8

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web search NEUTRAL — At approximately 4:44 p.m. the day of the incident, Central District officers responded to a call for an animal bite at a residence on the 900 block of St. Paul Street.The attempt was unsuccessful. A …
https://baltimorewitness.org/police-shoot-man-during-respons…

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web search NEUTRAL — Police body camera footage shows the dogs holding first responders at bay, leaving Durand agonizing for help. A medic eventually rescued Durand and ran out with her. She was rushed to Medical City Pla…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jacqueline-durand-dog-sitter-do…

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Claim 2: “She was taken to a hospital for bite wounds police described as non-life-threatening.”

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While it is corroborated that two women were injured and one dog was shot, the specific detail about the second woman being hospitalized for non-life-threatening wounds is not explicitly repeated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day, first into hours, then into minutes, and lastly into seconds, for a total of 24 × 60 × 60 = 86 400 seconds per day. That …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second

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web search NEUTRAL — In science, a second is the time it takes for a caesium atom to vibrate 9,192,631,770 (around 9 billion) times. Scientists measure the second this way because the length of a day changes all the time.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second

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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of SECOND is next to the first in place or time. How to use second in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second

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Claim 3: “the officer discharged his weapon, striking and killing one dog”

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Multiple sources, including FOX 5 DC and other web results, confirm that an officer shot and killed one of the dogs.

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Claim 4: “A group of three dogs attacked two women in Edmonston Tuesday morning”

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Multiple independent news sources (FOX 5 DC and another web search result) confirm that three dogs attacked two women in Edmonston on a Tuesday morning.

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web search NEUTRAL — A group of three dogs attacked two women in Edmonston Tuesday morning, authorities said. An officer shot and killed one dog and caught another, and the third dog ran away. Here’s initial info.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/officer-kills-1-of-…

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web search NEUTRAL — A dog attack in North Edmonton saw a woman rushed away by ambulance Thursday morning.Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: https://www.youtube.com/ctvn...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CT2iUoBTSw

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web search NEUTRAL — A woman has been attacked by three dogs in Lambeth. Picture: Social media.A person in a hoody appears to try and restrain the animals, but two chase the woman to a fence. She falls to the ground and s…
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/woman-attacked-dogs-east-londo…

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Claim 5: “An officer shot and killed one dog and caught another, and the third dog ran away.”

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Both FOX 5 DC and another news source confirm that police shot and killed one dog, captured another, and a third remained at large.

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web search NEUTRAL — Police shot and killed one dog during the response and captured another; a third dog remains at large. Internal Affairs is investigating the officer-involved shooting as standard procedure.
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/2-women-bitten-dog-attacks-princ…

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web search NEUTRAL — He left the dog in the hot car for about three hours and when he suddenly remembered he left the dog in his 2001 Crown Victoria, the dog was dead. The patrol car wasn’t apparently equipped for police …
https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-georgia-k-9-police-officer…

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web search NEUTRAL — “These are now family dogs. Yes, they are big dogs, but this gives no reason for them to be shot and killed with zero attempt to be captured safely first.” It’s unclear if the owner, Michelle Swanson,…
https://www.aol.com/benton-deputies-kill-2-dogs-120000713.ht…

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Claim 6: “The police department’s internal affairs division will investigate.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 7: “police received a call that the dogs were attacking another woman nearby.”

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FOX 5 DC and other reports confirm that two women were injured in separate attacks involving the same group of dogs in the same area.

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web search NEUTRAL — We've received reports about both people and pets being attacked by dangerous dogs. Owners and neighbors say they want these problems addressed.
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/several-dog-attacks-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — A man has been arrested after a dog attack left a woman with life-altering injuries in Toronto last month. Police are still looking for the two dogs involved in the attack.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/etobicoke-dog-attack-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Police received a call about 9:10 a.m. that a dog had bitten a woman in the 200 block of S. 9th Street. “An armed concerned citizen at the scene fired a handgun at the dog to stop the attack against t…
https://www.nj.com/essex/2025/11/dog-fatally-shot-after-atta…

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Claim 8: “the dogs attacked a woman at Kenilworth Avenue and Decatur Street, Prince George’s County police said.”

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The specific location (Kenilworth Avenue and Decatur Street) and the involvement of Prince George's County police are confirmed by multiple web search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — First, the dogs attacked a woman at Kenilworth Avenue and Decatur Street, Prince George’s County police said. Officers responded at about 8:30 a.m. The victim had been bitten and was treated on the sc…
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/officer-kills-1-of-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Two women were injured in separate dog attacks in Prince George’s County Tuesday morning, prompting a police response that ended with one dog shot and killed and another captured. Authorities say a th…
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/2-women-bitten-dog-attacks-princ…

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web search NEUTRAL — Prince George’s County police shot and killed one of three dogs after two women were attacked by them.The Prince George’s County Police Department Internal Affairs Division is investigating the incide…
https://wjla.com/news/local/2-women-bitten-by-dogs-in-separa…

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Claim 9: “The victim had been bitten and was treated on the scene.”

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The detail that the first victim was treated on the scene is mentioned in one specific search result but not explicitly detailed in the other corroborating reports.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jacqueline Durand was catastrophically injured in a dog attack, but she wants to be seen as an example of resilience than as a victim.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpkeFD4Twc4

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web search NEUTRAL — two violent dogs brutally attacked her in 2021.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17973234/dogsitter-bitten-in-v…

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web search NEUTRAL — Two women were injured in separate dog attacks in Prince George’s County involving three dogs Tuesday morning. Police shot and killed one dog during the response and captured another; a third dog rema…
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/2-women-bitten-dog-attacks-princ…

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Claim 10: “An officer found them attacking a fourth dog.”

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One search result explicitly describes the officer finding the three dogs attacking a fourth dog, but this specific detail is not mentioned in the other reports.

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web search NEUTRAL — The dogs were seen running in the area. An officer found them attacking a fourth dog. “As the officer approached to check on the condition of the fourth dog, the three dogs came back around the corner…
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/officer-kills-1-of-…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to police, officers were called to a dog attack in the 1000-block of Ewing Sunday morning. When they arrived, the officers found the dogs attacking Shawn Lothery, 52, while he was laying on …
https://www.13abc.com/2021/11/22/graphic-three-dogs-shot-kil…

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Claim 11: “Animal Control took the captured dog.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 12: “The officer used a dog pole to catch one of the dogs”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the use of a 'dog pole' to capture the dog.

info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.