UPDATE (6:30 p.m.): According to ANC Commissioner Mindy Moretti (1C04) the dog was a pit bull/sharpei mix, and was tan in color. This matches up with the description left by some in the comments. The dog’s handler was not available for comment after the incident, but was visibly shaken when DCist’s Dave Stroup arrived on the scene, a little after 1:40 p.m. From various accounts, it appears as though both dogs were on leashes, but the leashes tangled during the fight. At some point, the leash on the larger dog may have been removed.

View Pitbull attack in a larger map A woman was attacked by a pit bull in Cleveland Park on Sunday, and D.C. police later shot the animal, according to an MPD statement. The incident took place at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, when members of the Second District responded to a report of a dog attack in the 3400 block of Quebec Street NW. Police said that prior to their arrival, a witness told them…

View Larger Map Inspector Edward Delgado of the MPD’s 3rd District Sub Station, a.k.a. the D.C. police officer voted most likely to return your email within an hour, sent out a message to the 3rd District email list today describing a dog attack in Petworth early this morning. At about 4:50 a.m., according to Delgado, an MPD officer who was responding to a call about a dog attack in the 700 block of Quebec Street…