BEVERLY — Deputies killed an “extemely aggressive” pitbull this week after it was discovered attacking its female owner and leaving her with “severe injuries,” officials announced Friday.

According to a press release from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, on Feb. 19, Deputies A.B. Beverly and B.M. Roy and Trooper Spessert responded to a call on Seneca Trail in Beverly about threats being made at the address. Upon arrival, individuals told the officer that a woman was inside a mobile home being bitten by a dog. Officers could hear the woman screaming and the dog barking.

Entering the home, officers saw a woman “laying on her back bleeding profusely from her face and other areas while being attacked by a brown pitbull AKA ‘Chopper’ that was standing on top of her,” the release states.

“A can of OC spray was deployed to the dog’s face and a taser 7 arced, which created an audible sound,” the release continues. “These less than lethal measures immediately had (the) desired effects, causing the dog to retreat further into the living room area, ending the attack, and allowing deputies to remove the bite victim from the residence.”

The bite victim, who was also an owner of the dog and lives at the mobile home, “received multiple severe injuries from the attack and was transported to Davis Medical Center by Randolph County EMS to begin receiving treatment for her injuries,” according to the release.

The next morning, Randolph County Humane Officer Charlie Ramsey came to the mobile home along with Deputies T.J. Knotts and L.R. Elbon and Trooper E. Malcomb. The officers “encountered the dog and its other owner along with the creek behind the residence,” the release states. “The dog was not on a leash at this time.”

Officials decided to seize and quarantine the dog, and the owner agreed to “walk the dog into a kennel” so it could then be placed into Ramsey’s vehicle, according to the release. After several failed attempts, “the decision was made to use a catch pole to quickly and humanely restrain and guide the animal into the kennel.”

When Ramsey attached the catch pole to the dog “it became extremely aggressive,” the release states. Two officers held the pole but the dog was “powerful enough to bend the catch pole and began to slip out of the device.”

“These events took place in very close proximity to populated areas such as the Dollar General, Fast Break gas station, and Mobile Home Park located along Seneca Trail in Beverly,” the release reads.

The officers “determined that the safest way to contain the attacking dog was to dispatch it on scene,” according to the release. “The dog was then dispatched and transported to the Randolph County Humane Society to be further examined.”