SAGINAW, MI — Police are investigating a fight in which a man pulled a gun and sent his pit bull to attack another man before he and another subject joined in the attack, causing severe injuries and hospitalization to another man, according to the Saginaw Police Department.

Police were called to Mershon near Morgan for a report of a fight in progress May 18 at 2:58 a.m. The victim of the attack told police that two men approached him and one man pulled a gun before sending the pit bull type dog to attack, police said.

The dog attacked the man and left gashes on the victim's lower legs, police said.

The two men also attacked the victim, police said, before the victim

drove himself to a Saginaw hospital for treatment.

Police are looking for the suspects and had not made any arrests related to the case as of May 21.

The Saginaw County Animal Control Center has opened an investigation of the dog attack, according to director Kevin Wilken.

"(Saginaw police) touched base with us shortly after it happened," Wilken said. "We're looking into filing a dangerous dog complaint."