Dog's fatal shooting by San Diego police under investigation

San Diego police are investigating an incident in which an officer fatally shot a dog during what began as a domestic disturbance call.

The dog, a 6-year-old pit bull named Burberry, was killed when two officers went to an apartment in Pacific Beach early Sunday morning after receiving a report about a woman screaming "as though she was being strangled."

Ian Anderson, 24, answered the door at his apartment at approximately 5:15 a.m. He made "several attempts to block the dog from exiting the residence," according to police.

The dog got outside and ran toward one of the officers who "put his hand out in an attempt to calm the dog," police said. The dog then ran toward the second officer who can be seen, in a neighborhood surveillance video, to be retreating.

"As a last resort, the officer used lethal force to protect himself from being bitten," police said.

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