WASHINGTON — Police are investigating after officers shot and killed a dog they say charged at them, biting one, in Northwest D.C. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened in the 6700 block of Piney Branch Rd. around 6 p.m.

An officer shot and killed a dog after it bit a policeman in Northwest, D.C. Wednesday evening, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

A D.C. police officer shot and killed a dog Wednesday evening. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said just after 6 p.m., officers were called to a “domestic disturbance” in the 6700 block of Piney Branch Road in Northwest.

DC police shoot and kill a dog that they say charged at and bit an officer. But the dog's owner says this all could have been avoided. FOX 5's Nana-Sentuo Bonsu reports from Northwest after speaking with that dog owner.

A former Metropolitan Police officer was sentenced to over 7 years in prison for sexually abusing a then 15-year-old girl between 2005 and 2006.