KILLEEN (January 24, 2012) –A pit bull seized after firefighters and paramedics responded to a dog attack last month near Trimmier Elementary School in the 1500 block of Waterford Drive in Killeen will be euthanized Thursday or Friday, Killeen Animal Control Manager Stacie Sherva said.

The dog was seized on Jan. 23 after two pit bulls got loose, pinned a woman against a fence and then bit two men on the legs as they tried to catch the dogs.

Killeen Fire Chief J.D. Gardner said one firefighter had to use the flat-head side of his axe to keep a dog from attacking another neighbor.

Killeen Animal Control officers took one of the two dogs.

Sherva said Thursday that because of the dog’s history and the way it has acted at the shelter, the decision was made not to try to put the animal up for adoption.

The owner was give six citations for the incident, two for dogs at large and no rabies tags, one for no current rabies vaccination, and one interfering with a public servant's job.

The fines for each of those citations could be as much as $500 each, but some of the residents say the citations aren't enough when it comes to the safety of people in the neighborhood.