An elderly woman was attacked and killed by her own pet pit bull, CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reports.
Alsip police and firefighter/paramedics responded about Monday December 11, 2017 to a report of an elderly woman being mauled by a pit bull in a backyard near Komensky Avenue and 116th Street.
Police arrived to find a woman down on the ground with an aggressive “pit bull” nearby. Police say the dog was a 6-year-old pit bull that lived at the home with the woman, but the dod had to be destroyed for safety reasons.
Police and firefighter/paramedics worked to treat the woman’s injuries, but she died from extensive wounds from bites and holds by the dog.
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