An upstate New York man was mauled to demise by a pack of pit bulls Wednesday, in an assault that didn’t cease till a cop shot one of many mongrels and scared the remainder away, in keeping with authorities.
The ten vicious canines set upon Schenectady resident James Provost, 59, at round 6 p.m. in a yard subsequent door to a suspected drug home the place the beasts had been saved, Albany police chief Eric Hawkins mentioned.
“This was a horrific assault,” Hawkins mentioned throughout a information convention streamed domestically.
A blurred video of the assault obtained by CBS 6 reveals the barking canines pouncing on the person who was attempting to fend off them off. The animals dragged him round as he appeared unconscious, in keeping with the outlet.
After the canines had been nicely into their assault on Provost, a police officer arrived on scene and witnessed eight or 9 of them surrounding the sufferer, police mentioned.
The cop opened hearth, gunning down one of many canines and startling the opposite out-of-control animals in order that they moved away from the sufferer.
The proprietor, who lives in Cohoes, and the canines’ caretaker helped police collect the canines again into the house, Hawkins mentioned.
The deadly mauling occurred within the yard of a house subsequent door to the place the canines lived with their proprietor, Hawkins mentioned. Police don’t know the way the sufferer ended up in that yard, as he didn’t dwell there.
“Someway these canines received out,” Hawkins mentioned.
The house the place the canines had been positioned was beforehand raided in Might by authorities due to suspected drug exercise, the highest cop mentioned.
5 to seven canines had been additionally confiscated at the moment for secure holding, earlier than they had been later launched. It’s unknown if these canines had been tied to the deadly assault.
There have been total 24 mix-breed pit bulls, together with 15 puppies, discovered on the dwelling on Wednesday and given to a neighborhood humane society, Hawkins mentioned.
No prices have been filed as of Thursday, however the probe is within the early levels.
“We’re nonetheless attempting to find out why the sufferer was within the rear of the residence, we’re nonetheless attempting to determine why the proprietor of the canines saved so many canines at that location,” Hawkins mentioned.
The destiny of the canines might be decided by the judicial system at a later date.
“We’re gonna discover out who, if somebody is criminally chargeable for this,” he mentioned, vowing justice for the slain man.
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