Authorities say there will be no charges filed in relation to a pit bulldog that got loose and mauled two other dogs, or in relation to those dogs' owner shooting and killing the pit bull. It happened last week along Walt Brewer Road in Hays. Because there are no charges being filed, we're not releasing the names of the people involved. The pit bull's owner says the dog somehow slipped the chain tying it to a tree in her yard. The owner of the other two dogs says the put bull came through the thicket and attacked his dogs, severely injuring them. As his dogs broke loose, the man fired a 20-gage shotgun, killing the pit bull instantly. He heard the owners calling for the dog, and in a momentary fit of guilt, took the dog off elsewhere. After deputies talked with all the people involved and verified the stories, they determined the man was not legally at fault for the death of the dog, and the woman was not legally at fault for the dog getting loose in the first place. Both people agreed they did not want the other prosecuted.

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