Wednesday Update: The Greene County Sheriff's Office gave animal control officers authority to seize a pitbull that attacked several dogs Tuesday. Captain Randy Gibson says exigent circumstances allowed them to take the dog. Gibson says they are waiting for direction from the court to decide if the dog will be put down. He says he does not believe a dog that shows this level of aggression can be safe in any environment.

A pit bull terrorized a Greene County neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, killing at least one dog and possibly two more.

A pitbull on the loose made homeowners on Village Lane feel like hostages. The residential neighborhood sits just outside Springfield city limits.

"She was playing by the door, and it was pounding on the glass," recalls Laura Macarthur who says she witnessed a pitbull's rampage.  "I could hear the glass cracking."  Her daughter, six-year-old Kylen was safe, but three neighborhood dogs were not, Including neighor Linda Polley's schnauzer, Connie.

"She had a puncture in her stomach," Linda Polley, who lives near the pit bull's owners says. "She was bleeding. I rushed her to the vet." As of news time it was unclear if Polley's schnauzer survived the attack.

Polley's three other dogs did survive on Tuesday but she says this isn't the first attack from pit bulls who live across the street. Two of her other dogs have died since the pit bull owner moved in. "I had a white chow," says Polley.  "It attacked it and tore it to pieces."

Another neighbor's dog met the same fate on Tuesday. "It jumped the fence and killed their new puppy instantly," says Macarthur. pointing to her neighbor's house behind her back porch.  "Then it attacked their doberman.  It's a sweet dog, probably about 100 pounds, but it took him down real quick." It's unclear if the doberman survived the attack.

Because the neighborhood is in Greene County, no pit ordinances apply.  Greene County Sergeant Bob Dante says animal control officers didn't have jurisdiction to take the dog. The Greene County Sheriff's Department issued an animal abuse citation because the pit bull was not controlled. They say they will submit evidence to prosecutors to possibly file property damage charges for the dead and injured dogs.

Polley says she has taken the owner to court for dogs killed before Tuesday but did not have much luck with the legal process. She says she hopes something will be done.

The owner of the dog did not want to comment. She told KSPR Tuesday's incident really "tears her up" and then shut her door.