‘Horrific attack:’ Elderly man dies, wife in critical condition after being mauled by dogs
An elderly man is dead and his wife is in critical conditions after the couple was mauled by dogs in a West Side neighborhood Friday afternoon.An elderly man is dead and his wife is in critical conditions after the couple was mauled by dogs in a West Side neighborhood Friday afternoon.
The firefighters had to repel the dogs with pickaxes and poles in order to get to the man. A fire captain was bit in the leg during the altercation.“No one expects to go out and fight dogs in the way they did today,” Hood said. “It was a horrific scene, horrific for the people who had to experience it and for the firefighters who were part of the rescue who had to save themselves and these people attacked today.
Video taken by an unidentified resident shows one dog attacking the man while other dogs stand nearby in an aggressive posture.
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