where just after midnight, three teenagers armed with at least one knife broke into a house, tieing up a woman, beating her husband, forcing him to gather up valuables for them to steal. it s very scary. it s very scary. i can t imagine what is going through the minds of the people that it s happening to. sheriff officials say an hour into the ordeal, the homeowner turned the tables, grabbing a kitchen knife and stabbing two of the young men, both 16-year-olds who ran from the house, waking neighbors in the process. sounded like a female. might have been one of the assailants running in pain after being stabbed. he saw one of the wounded teens on the ground across the street from his house. he was laying on his back on the ground, just crawling, saying help me. help me. the third suspect, 18-year- old terri welch got away unharmed. but later turned himself into the authorities. i m grateful to the gentleman that was able to bring some closure to it. i think the
they should let an appeals court ruling declaring pit bulls dangerous stand. it s a ruling that sparked big protests. i m afraid of being told to get rid of him or get out of my house. homeowners are liable. they have the ability to evict us based on what our dog looks like. i m just thinking i hope we can buy the house before it comes to that. faced with new liability, some animal shelter workers report its much harder to find homes for pit bulls and more owners are giving up. what is or perhaps is not a pit bull. legislators trying to better protection dog attack victims and enforce responsible dog ownership without having to sort out which breeds of dogs are dangerous and which aren t. after his son was nearly killed, dominik s father is unhappy there s even a question on this issue. we are here because of the dog owners. it s unfortunate that it didn t come from the other way. the family lawyer compared keeping a pit bull to keeping explosives in the hou
it s unfortunate that it didn t come from the other way. his lawyer compared keeping a pit bull to dangerous chemicals or explosives in your house. he said the liability should be the same. for legislators down here, they are likely to split the difference, trying to find a way to keep dog owners more responsible, whatever the breed. reporting live in annapolis, scott broom, 9news now. a lot of passion on both sides. thank you. okay, part of the challenge for all this is defining exactly what is a pit bull? for example, is that one or not? can you tell the difference? that s what anny hong went to find out today. she joins us live from the humane society in northwest. she has the story. anny. hey derek. yeah, meet ronnie. she s up for adoption at the washington humane society and she s a good example of the challenge of identifying a pit bull. experts believe that she may be a pit bull mix. but even they aren t so sure. guess which one you think is a pit bull. sev
he was bleeding. the victims ran two doors down to plea for help from kayla and her friends after escaping the teens who broke into their hand, beat them, and ransacked their home for valuables at 2:00 in the morning. he was hit in the head, you know, punched, hit, there was a club involved. also a knife. the husband grabbed a knife and fought back. stabbing two of the teens. police picked up one of them. minutes later in the neighborhood. they arrested the second after his mom brought him to the hospital. the third, 18-year-old terri welch finally turned himself in. the couple says they don t know what the teenagers were taking, but they know that they were high because as they were beating them, they kept saying, you re bringing me down. you re ruining my high. and then, that crazy threat to tie them up and burn down their house. in stafford county, bruce leshan, 9news now. i m standing out here with you on the terrace. and it is a little swampy. it is warm now.