SHOTS FIRED NEAR MICHAEL JACKSON’S VEGAS HOME

On the two-year anniversary of the death of Michael Jackson ... gunshots were fired just a few houses away from where fans were getting set to tour the home MJ lived in during his stint in Las Vegas -- and law enforcement sources tell us ... it was a dog that caught a bullet.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... one officer was attacked by a dog, and had to shoot it to get it to stop. No word yet on the condition of the dog