Police are investigating after a pit bull was shot and killed at a dog park in College Station.

According to a release, just before 12:30 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to University Park Dog Park on Park Rd. in College Station for a report of gunshots. When they arrived, officers learned that a large pit bull mixed dog, running loose in the fenced area, had attacked a puppy that was being brought into the park on a leash.

Police say the owners of the puppy tried to stop the attack and one of them was bitten in the process. Others in the park also tried to assist in saving the puppy, but the pit bull continued the attack.

Police say that is when another dog owner, with a Licensed to Carry permit, shot and killed the pit bull with a handgun.

Officials say the puppy was taken to a local veterinary hospital where it died. The injury to the owner of the puppy was not incapacitating.