"He loves dogs. He never thinks a dog is gonna do something like that to him."

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - A pack of aggressive dogs attacked a 13-year-old boy and a deputy in Spring Monday, officials say.

Harris County Precinct 4 says the boy was walking to a bus stop when his next door neighbor's pit bulls and lab attacked him.

I didn't know what to do," the victim told KHOU 11 News. "One of them came up behind me and bit my leg."

The boy's parents rushed him to Texas Children's Hospital because he was bleeding heavily. He was treated, stitched up and released.

"You want them to be okay when they're walking to school," said the victim's mom, who didn't want to be identified.

She said other neighbors have had close calls with the same pack of dogs.

In fact, witnesses said the dogs were chasing other children after the injured boy left for the hospital.

When deputies arrived on scene, they tried to capture the dogs, but one of the pit bulls bit a deputy.

"All of a sudden, they started charging him," Montoya said. "One of them bit him and that's when the cop pulled out his gun and shot one of the dogs."

The pit bull was struck by a bullet but it survived, Constable Mark Herman said.

The deputy was treated on scene for his injuries.

"I'm good, I'm good," the deputy told KHOU 11 News. "Ready to go back on duty."

Deputies say they will be citing the dog's owners.

The Houston SPCA took the injured dog for treatment.