Roxbury woman suffers life-threatening injuries when her dog attacks her; police shoot the dog after it bites an officer

An elderly couple at home on 35 Dennison St. in Roxbury were attacked by one of their four dogs, which mauled the woman so badly she was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries to her arm, around 4:30 p.m.

Arriving officers applied a tourniquet to her arm to try to contain the bleeding until Boston EMTs and paramedics could arrive.

Not long after officers arrived, according to a recording of scanner traffic from the scene, the dog went after officers, biting at least one - who shot the dog to stop the attack. The dog did not immediately die, but it did stop biting.

Animal Control was called in to deal with both the shot dog and three other dogs in the house.