‘I did it because it had to be done’; Hollywood father kills neighbor’s dog in self-defense

A Hollywood man used his bare hands to kill a neighbor s dog in self-defense after it allegedly initiated an attack on his own dog Roy McConnell alleges he had no choice but to kill his neighbors dog Bailey Saturday morning in Hollywood after it came after the pair while on a walk We were coming out of the house to go for the walk the dog just came out of nowhere commented McConnell This is the second time that this pit bull has attacked my daughter s dog He disclosed the attack happened on the sidewalk and left his daughter s dog Cheese with a bad leg injury McConnell reported when he was trying to stop the attack Cheese was biting him All this time this dog has got my daughter s dog in its jaws and my daughter s dog is behind me and he s going to town on me because he s in pure agony noted McConnell The circumstance left him with a bad bruise selected cuts but he mentioned he had to take matters into his own hands to save Cheese I sprang into action and did what I thought I had to do I dove on top of the dog stated McConnell McConnell stayed on top of the dog until police arrived I stayed on him for a good while because strike one strike two there wasn t going to be a strike three commented McConnell The owner of Bailey admitted the animal had issues with other dogs We are in the wrong for letting Bailey come out but he s also wrong for going ahead and killing it noted Mykel Kelly McConnell insists it was self defense and that he had no other options I m an animal lover like anyone else and I didn t want to do it I did it because it had to be done commented McConnell City of Hollywood Police Department explained this situation is under assessment