Law enforcement officers shoot two dogs, killing one, in southeast Franklin County

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two dogs were shot, one fatally, by law enforcement after they charged at officers responding to a reported domestic violence shooting in southeast Franklin County.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office was called Monday morning to a home on South Hamilton Road after a caller claimed a women inside the home had been shot and her husband had a rifle. Officers knocked on the door multiple times but nobody answered.

As law enforcement entered the house, two German Shepherds charged at them from a bedroom and responding officers shot them. One was killed and the other was wounded with the owners transporting the dog to a veterinarian in an "unknown condition," officials said.

Multiple people were inside the home, but no injured woman was found, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

Madison Township police was also joined by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and Obetz police for the response. The FCSO is investigating the incident.