An off-duty police officer helped protect a man when three dogs attacked the man's pet Wednesday night.The homeowner, Jimmy Jones, stepped in to protect his dog Lacey on Harvey Way when a neighbor's aggressive dogs turned on him."I love my dog very much, so I was trying to save her. As soon as one dog got off my dog, it bit me, and they started to attack me," said Jones.An off-duty Cocoa police officer who lives next door intervened and fired his gun, killing two of the dogs. The third ran away but came home overnight. That dog is quarantined.Jones says the dog should be put down."I think they would have killed the dog. They would have kept ripping her apart until they killed her," said Jones.Top video: FBI asks for help identifying ISIS militantJones was taken to the hospital, where he received four staples and seven stitches for his wounds.His dog was taken to an emergency animal clinic and has an 80-percent chance to survive. The medical bill is $5,000."It's going to be heartbreaking. I don't know if I'll ever get another dog if she don't make it," said Jones.The owner of the aggressive dogs is cooperating with the investigation. It's possible the owner could be fined.14277264

An off-duty police officer helped protect a man when three dogs attacked the man's pet Wednesday night.

The homeowner, Jimmy Jones, stepped in to protect his dog Lacey on Harvey Way when a neighbor's aggressive dogs turned on him.


"I love my dog very much, so I was trying to save her. As soon as one dog got off my dog, it bit me, and they started to attack me," said Jones.

An off-duty Cocoa police officer who lives next door intervened and fired his gun, killing two of the dogs. The third ran away but came home overnight. That dog is quarantined.

Jones says the dog should be put down.

"I think they would have killed the dog. They would have kept ripping her apart until they killed her," said Jones.

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Jones was taken to the hospital, where he received four staples and seven stitches for his wounds.

His dog was taken to an emergency animal clinic and has an 80-percent chance to survive. The medical bill is $5,000.

"It's going to be heartbreaking. I don't know if I'll ever get another dog if she don't make it," said Jones.

The owner of the aggressive dogs is cooperating with the investigation. It's possible the owner could be fined.