Category: Pit bull attack
3 dogs escaped from home and mauled man to death before injuring a mother and daughter, police say
The family of a 62-year-old man is mourning his death after he was mauled by three dogs in Katy, according to Texas police.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said witnesses reported a man mauled by dogs on Monday before chasing off the animals.
Animal control had no previous history with the dogs.
When EMS personnel arrived at the scene, they pronounced the man dead.
Police then found a mother and a daughter who had also been attacked by the dogs near Permission Creek Lane, according to the public information officer Thomas Gilliland. They were transported to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Gilliland said the man’s family went looking for him when he didn’t return home from a morning routine walk.
The dogs were described as pit bull mix.
Police were able to find the dogs, and two were taken by animal control, while the third was shot by deputies and euthanized by animal control. They will be quarantined for 10 days, after which a judge will determine their fate.
Animal control had no previous history with the dogs. Gilliland said authorities had not determined how the dogs got out of the home.
The identity of the man was not released by police.
RELATED: 17-year-old girl brutally mauled by pack of dogs — her mom says she was unrecognizable
Homicide detectives interviewed the owner of the dogs.
Charges have not yet been filed.
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
College student mauled and killed by 3 pit bulls she was pet sitting, police say
The family of a 23-year-old student is grieving her death after she was mauled and killed by three pit bulls that she was caring for in Tyler, Texas.
Deputies found Madison Riley Hull lying in the backyard of the home when they were called on Nov. 21 and said the dogs appeared to want to attack them as well, according to the Smith County Sheriff’s Office.
‘She loved life with her whole heart and moved through the world with a free-spirit that lifted those around her.’
One deputy fired his weapon at the dogs, killing one.
That caused the other dogs to run off, allowing the deputies to carry Hull away from the home safely. She was later declared dead.
The other two dogs were ordered to be euthanized by a justice of the peace.
Investigators said they are considering criminal charges for the owners of the dogs.
“Obviously these people weren’t home at the time that this happened,” said Smith County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Larry Christian to KLTV-TV.
“We don’t know the dynamics of the relationship that this dog sitter, Miss Hull, had with these dogs, if she’s been around them before or whatever. But all of those things will be taken into consideration whenever they decide to make a decision on whether charges will be filed or will not be filed.”
Hull was a student at the University of Texas at Tyler.
RELATED: 1-year-old girl mauled to death by family’s pit bull, police say
Christian said the deputies were called to the home by a neighbor.
“This young lady had a dynamic future ahead of her. And, of course, she lost her life in a tragic manner, and it’s a tragedy for the family,” he added. “We do pray for them as well and just hope that they can gather the strength to get through this. We also pray for those who responded to the call and for the neighbor who had to witness what occurred out there.”
Hull’s mother, Jennifer Hubbell, wrote about her daughter in a post on GoFundMe.
“Madi was love, she was light, she was kindness, she was laughter, she was fierce in the most beautiful and disarming way,” Hubbell wrote. “She loved life with her whole heart and moved through the world with a free-spirit that lifted those around her.”
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
