Girl and woman injured as officers shoot, kill ‘aggressive’ dog in downtown Omaha apartment building [Video]

A 15-year-old girl and a 37-year-old woman were injured Wednesday when Omaha police officers shot and killed a dog police said was “aggressive.”

The incident happened on the second floor of a downtown apartment building at 305 S. 16th St., near the 16th and Farnam Streets intersection, at 11:18 a.m.

According to police spokesman Lt. Neal Bonacci and a police press release, two officers went to the building in response to a trespassing call. While there, police said, they heard a person screaming. The officers saw two dogs, including a “large-breed, Rottweiler-type dog,” growling and barking at each other.

A group of bystanders tried to separate the dogs, but were unable to do so, Bonacci said. After the officers rushed up the …