SAN DIEGO Authorities and the Humane Society say three dogs killed their owner and injured another person Friday when they mauled him in a San Diego park.
According to Nina Thompson, spokesperson for the San Diego Humane Society, the three dogs were put down on Saturday.
San Diego police informed NBC San Diego that the attack occurred at Mesa Viking Park in the Mira Mesa district at around noon on Friday.
According to Thompson, the owner’s death was confirmed by the Humane Society and police. Nobody knew who he was.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family,” she said.
A second victim is recuperating from hospitalization, according to the Humane Society, which has a contract with the city for animal welfare and control services.
According to Thompson, police have security footage showing the owner escorting the dogs into the park before to the assault.
Paul Ngo, a resident, told NBC San Diego that before to the attack, he saw the man with his dogs, whose breeds were not disclosed.
“I saw a person running around with three dogs,” stated the man. “I noticed that he was constantly repeating like, hey, be gentle, be nice.”
Two of the dogs were located and placed in biting quarantine by police and Humane Society officials who responded to the incident. According to Thompson, the third was placed under quarantine after being discovered confined in a car.
“We’ll test their remains for rabies,” she said.
“We are fully committed to conducting a thorough and careful review of this incident in collaboration with our law enforcement partners,” Thompson stated.
The postwar bedroom town of Mira Mesa was created, in part, to accommodate military troops stationed at nearby installations, which are now known as Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
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