Woman dead, 2 police officers injured in Boston-area dog attack

An aged Massachusetts pistillate is dormant aft being attacked by a dog successful her Roxbury vicinity home.

That pit bull besides mauled a 2nd person successful the residence earlier biting 2 constabulary officers extracurricular the gathering astir 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to NBC News successful Boston.

Grainy doorbell cam footage appears to amusement the canine going aft the officers outdoors. Cops reportedly changeable the dog, who was aboriginal euthanized. They judge the different 2 victims were the dog’s owners.

All 4 wound victims were treated astatine an country hospital. That’s wherever the pistillate unfortunate died from her wounds Tuesday morning. Police aboriginal identified her arsenic 73-year-old Jeriline McGinnis. The constabulary officers’ injuries did not look to beryllium life-threatening.

Boston Police Deputy Superintendent Paul McLaughlin told section presumption WHDH the canine wasn’t contiguous erstwhile his officers began tending to the victims.

“While they were there, the canine returned and attacked the 2 officers,” helium said.

Three different pit bulls successful the location were reportedly placed nether supervision by the city’s veterinary aesculapian manager successful capable condition.

A neighbour who lives successful the gathering wherever the attacks began knew the dormant pistillate and her dogs.

“They had excessively galore dogs,” she said. “And they enactment them successful cages.”

The unfortunate was described arsenic an carnal lover.