Was it a " hit and run " crime ?

A poor dog is shot by a creepy jerk with a BB gun. The story makes

    the local TV news. A REWARD will be offered for information leading to

    the arrest of the culprit.

          OK with me - in general I love dog too. But  does not the HUMAN

    victim of a vicious dog also deserve some public sympathy and attention ?

                Recently a vicious and out of control rottweiler devastated my

    life. And the story did not even make the weekly POLICE LOG in the Cranston

    Herald ( after I reported it myself ! ) . Nor did it make the POLICE LOG

    in the Providence Journal ( my letter was published in " Your Turn ", West

    Bay News, March 5 ) .

                      Around  noontime on Tuesday ,January 29 - at the intersection

    of Speck Ave. and Reservoir  Ave. in Cranston - I was chased into  Reservoir

    Ave. by the rottweiler. I tripped and broke my shoulder. It seems that

    the owner of the dog - after calling 911 - just disappeared. So I was

    not able to get in touch with her. The Cranston police have made to effort

    to find or identify the young woman. ( edit above : no effort )

                 She  was a witness to  a CRIME. She KNOWS that her dog

    was responsible for my injury.  Is she not guilty herself of a " hit and

    run " crime  ?