IUPD officer fires at 2 attcking pit bulls

An IU Police Department officer fired at a vicious dog that had attacked one person Sunday morning at People's Park. \nAt about 10 a.m., Officer David Winburn arrived at People's Park, located at Fifth Street and Indiana Avenue, where the victim of a dog attack flagged him down. The man had a significant wound on his hand, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger. He indicated an 80-pound brown pit bull as the aggressor. \nWhen Winburn got out of his vehicle, the brown pit pull and a 60-pound black and white pit bull mix started toward him with an attacking posture and gnashing teeth, Minger said, quoting the report. \nWinburn moved toward a trash can to place a barrier between himself and the dogs. Winburn yelled at the wounded man to call off the dogs, but the man was not the owner and could do nothing to halt their attack. Winburn drew his firearm, making sure to aim where the shot would not pose a threat to bystanders, said Minger. The officer fired at the brown dog, which sprung forward, dodging the shot. The sound of the gun scared the dogs. \nA Bloomington Police Department officer arrived and struck the dogs with his baton, causing them to retreat to the other side of the street in front of Bloomington Bagel Company. Animal Control arrived and took possession of the dogs. They said they had received several complaints from people about the brown dog. The owner of the dogs is currently unknown, and Animal Control was not available for comment at press time.\nA student in Wright Quad allowed her personal banking information to be compromised after falling victim to fraudulent telephone scammers. \nThe victim received a call from a man claiming she had been picked from a list of students to receive $5,000 in grant money. The man spoke with a heavy accent, said Minger, quoting the police report. \nThe victim said she couldn't understand the caller at first, so he handed the phone to another man who spoke clearly and told her that he was with the U.S. Federal Grant Agency. The man requested she provide her full name, her bank account number, the routing number for her checks, her home address and her date of birth. The victim provided all the information, declining the man only her date of birth. She was told another man would call back in 10 minutes with a verification number. \nLater, the female called her mother, who told her the call was a scam. The victim froze her account before any unlawful transactions could take place. \nIUPD is currently investigating this case.