PICO RIVERA, CALIF. ( ?? Forty cows escaped a slaughterhouse and ended up in a Los Angeles suburb where one was killed after charging a family, authorities said Wednesday.

       The cows were reported running loose on the streets of Pico Rivera around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday after a gate at a meat packing facility was accidentally left open, the Los Angeles County Sheriff??s Department said in a statement.

       The herd made its way to a neighborhood about a mile away and one cow charged at four members of a family, knocking them to the ground. They suffered minor injuries.

       A sheriff??s deputy shot and killed the cow to protect the family from further injury, the sheriff??s department said. The family members were taken to a hospital for treatment.

       Pico Rivera City Manager Steve Carmona told KTLA-TV that at one point he had to jump onto a car to get out of the way of the herd.

       ??It was a pretty scary ordeal,?? he said.

       The sheriff??s unit that rides horses was dispatched to help recapture and transport the cows.

       ??Of the forty, thirty-eight were safely captured, one was shot, and one has not been located,?? the department said.

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