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Man Hospitalized After Bloody Pit Bull Attack

   A Shreveport man's early morning walk through a Cedar Grove neighborhood turned into a fight for his life when a Pit Bull dog attacked.
   Shreveport police say Percy Nettter, 51, was walking across Linwood Avenue near W. 74th Street around 4 a. m. Thursday when the animal suddenly pounced on him.
  They say Netter apparently sliced at the dog with a box cutter and then grabbed some large branches, all in an attempt to fight him off.  But the animal bit him on the arms, legs, chest and head, creating an especially bloody scene.
  A passerby saw the commotion and tried to help.
  "(He) told our officers that, initially, he thought 2 guys were fighting," said Randy Patrick, spokesman for the Shreveport Police Dept.  "He stopped, got out of the car, and hit the dog a few times with his cane and that scared the dog off."
  Netter was rushed to LSU hospital.  As of 6 a. m., he remained in the emergency room.
  An animal control officer arrived on the scene shortly before 5 a. m. and found the Pit Bull in the front yard of a home--one police believe belongs to his owner.
  "That's the culprit," said Roman Walker with Caddo Animal Control, pointing the dog whose snout was covered in blood.  "You can see he's the culprit because the victim used a box cutter to slice his face."
  Walker said the dog will be held under quarantine while he's checked for rabies.  His fate will be decided at a later time, Walker said.
  This is the second Pit Bull attack in Shreveport this week.  On  Tuesday, two of the dogs pounced on Brezele Coutee, 89, as he walked along Horn Place in Hollywood Heights,  Coutee suffered bites to his leg.  He was treated at LSU hospital and released.
  Police have not found the dogs involved in that attack.
  Story by Katrina Webber