ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Police say they have shot and killed a coyote after it bit two women and a child in the Maryland city of Rockville.
The Washington Post reported Thursday that a woman and a small dog were attacked in one of the incidents. The woman was taken to a hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening. The dog was quarantined.
Marylou Berg, a spokeswoman for Rockville police, said there were two other attacks. One was on a woman and another was on a child. The woman and the child were also hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Berg said the coyote was shot and killed by police at around 5 p.m. She said it would be transported to a state lab for tests.
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