Police are investigating after three dogs menaced a man and woman paddling a canoe in the Musquodoboit River near Elderbank, N.S., on Saturday afternoon.

A police officer called to assist shot at the dogs. One was killed and the other two ran off.

Police say the dogs followed the man and women and were attempting to get into the canoe.

An RCMP release says the responding officer determined the paddlers were "in imminent danger of bodily harm" and shot at the dogs upon arrival.

Police say the dogs h…