A wounded pit bull who bit a woman in a Grand Crossing apartment complex was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer Monday afternoon.

Officers responded to a gunshot detection alert in an apartment complex about 3:20 p.m. in the 6300 block of South King Drive, Chicago police said.

Responding officers found that a pit bull with a gunshot wound had entered an apartment and began biting a 30-year-old woman, police said.

One officer fired his weapon, killing the pit bull, police said.

The woman was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where she was treated for her injuries, officials said.