‘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 declares 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 noted McConnell This is the second time that this pit bull has attacked my daughter s dog He announced the attack happened on the sidewalk and left his daughter s dog Cheese with a bad leg injury McConnell disclosed 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 announced McConnell The matter left him with a bad bruise several cuts but he noted 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 mentioned 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 declared 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 declared Mykel Kelly McConnell states 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 declared McConnell City of Hollywood Police Department announced this case is under inspection