Police: Man dies after pit bull attack in Jeffersonville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man is dead after he was attacked by a dog in Jeffersonville early Wednesday morning.

According to a news release from the Jeffersonville Police Department, it happened just after midnight on July 1 in the 800 block of Larkspur, which is near Eighth Street. The first officer to arrive encountered an individual "actively being attacked by a large Pitbull."

The officer was unable to stop the attack using pepper spray, and was forced to shoot the dog. The victim -- a man in his 60s, according to Det. Josh Schiller of the Jeffersonville Police Department -- was treated at the scene by police officers and EMS, but died.

Jeffersonville detectives are actively investigating, and have thanked the public for information that has been received so far.