Police said they tried to help him get to his family's home, but when the man opened the front gate, a large German Sheperd escaped the front yard and attacked the officer. Police said the dog tried to bite the officer on the leg but wound up biting his pants. It let go and bit the officer in his wrist/hand area.

Police in West Sacramento responded to a man lying in the street yelling and discovered he was intoxicated, and after a German Shepard dog attacked an officer, the officer was forced to shoot the