SF Boy Killed In Pit Bull Attack
POSTED: 5:57 pm PDT June 3, 2005
UPDATED: 6:09 pm PDT June 3, 2005
A young boy is dead after being mauled by pit bulls in San Francisco's Inner Sunset Friday afternoon, the San Francisco Police Department reported.
The 13-year-old died at the scene of a dog mauling at a residence at 711 Lincoln Ave. around 3:15 p.m. in the city's Sunset District, said Officer Jason Hui.
Authorities got a frantic 911 call from an unidentified woman.
"She was yelling and screaming that her child was dead," Wickliffe said.
Animal Care and Control officers were at the scene. One dog was shot after it wouldn't allow a police officer enter the apartment, according to San Francisco Police Sgt. Neville Gittens.
A second pit bull believed to be involved in the attack was found a short time later and was taken into custody, Gittens said. Both dogs weighed about 80 pounds each, he said.
Paramedics tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate the boy. It's unclear whether the dogs lived in the apartment with the boy or whether his parents were aware of the attack, Gittens said.
Several streets in the area were blocked off, authorities said.
San Francisco has seen at least one other fatal dog mauling in recent years, the death of Diane Whipple in 2001. She was killed by two 100-pound-plus Presa Canarios in the hallway outside her Pacific Heights apartment.
**oh and on a side note, shit was ROUGH to watch....They led out the pitbull that was still alive and he was covered in dried blood...
POSTED: 5:57 pm PDT June 3, 2005
UPDATED: 6:09 pm PDT June 3, 2005
A young boy is dead after being mauled by pit bulls in San Francisco's Inner Sunset Friday afternoon, the San Francisco Police Department reported.
The 13-year-old died at the scene of a dog mauling at a residence at 711 Lincoln Ave. around 3:15 p.m. in the city's Sunset District, said Officer Jason Hui.
Authorities got a frantic 911 call from an unidentified woman.
"She was yelling and screaming that her child was dead," Wickliffe said.
Animal Care and Control officers were at the scene. One dog was shot after it wouldn't allow a police officer enter the apartment, according to San Francisco Police Sgt. Neville Gittens.
A second pit bull believed to be involved in the attack was found a short time later and was taken into custody, Gittens said. Both dogs weighed about 80 pounds each, he said.
Paramedics tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate the boy. It's unclear whether the dogs lived in the apartment with the boy or whether his parents were aware of the attack, Gittens said.
Several streets in the area were blocked off, authorities said.
San Francisco has seen at least one other fatal dog mauling in recent years, the death of Diane Whipple in 2001. She was killed by two 100-pound-plus Presa Canarios in the hallway outside her Pacific Heights apartment.
**oh and on a side note, shit was ROUGH to watch....They led out the pitbull that was still alive and he was covered in dried blood...
