Friendswood Animal Control has two of the dogs, a golden retriever and an Australian shepherd, in city facilities while the investigation continues.

Officer Price said that the dogs had not yet been tested for rabies or other diseases, but that Friendswood’s animal ordinance mandates that dogs which cause a human death are to be killed. If it’s decided that the two remaining dogs were not a part of Rushing’s death, they will be released to her family.

A landscape worker found Rushing covered in blood about 5:45 p.m. Saturday.  It has been reported that Rushing's dogs were too aggressive for anyone to enter her backyard, so the worker notified a neighbor, who then called police for help.  Rushing had been dead for about four hours when police arrived.

A police officer shot the pit bull when he arrived on the scene because it was trying to attack the office.

 

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