Police say a man was mauled to death by his own three dogs at a neighborhood park. NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada reports.
San Diego police and paramedics were called out Friday afternoon after a fatal dog attack in a city Park.
Two people were attacked around noon, one man by his own three dogs in Mesa Viking Park just off Westonhill Drive, according to SDPD. A witness told NBC 7 that the man was being mauled when another person tried to help him and was also attacked.
Both victims were taken to a hospital after the attack, where the dog owner was pronounced dead, SDPD Officer Jose Perales told NBC 7.
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The status of the second victim is unknown at this time but their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
The dogs — it's not yet clear what breeds they are — were taken away by the San Diego Humane Society, police told NBC 7.
"Upon arrival, our humane officers worked collaboratively to locate two of the dogs [that] were still loose, and impounded a third dog that had been contained in a car," Nina Thompson, the humane society's director of public relations, told NBC 7. "All three dogs are now in our care for mandatory bite quarantine."
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This remains an active and ongoing investigation. We are committed to ensuring a thorough review of the incident.
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that an SDPD officer, not a spokeswoman with SDFD, told NBC 7 that the dog owner was pronounced dead at the hospital.
