DELICIOUS DESSERT AND HELP THE PEOPLE IN THAT WAR TORN COUNTRY. THE NEWS AT 5 STARTS
RIGHT NOW.
>> GET THEM AWAY FROM US.
A HORRIFIC SCENE. AN ELDERLY
MAN MAULED AND KILLED THIS
AFTERNOON BY 2 DOGS. AND WE
DO WANT TO WARN YOU THE
DETAILS.
>> AND THE VIDEO WE’RE ABOUT TO
SHOW YOU ARE HARD TO WATCH.
THIS IS PART OF THE VIDEO PART
OF THAT ATTACK THAT WE CAN SHOW
YOU THE BLOOD. THE SCENE
UNFOLDING IN FRONT OF WITNESSES
ON DOUGLAS STREET OFF OF
COUPLES ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY HAD TO
USE THEIR EMERGENCY TOOLS JUST
TO TRY TO GET THESE DOGS AWAY
FROM THE MAN THEY HAD MALLS
JUST FEET AWAY. YEAH. HIS BODY
BEHIND THAT TRASHCAN. PATTY
SANTOS ON THE SCENE WHERE SHE
HAS BEEN TALKING TO NEIGHBORS.
>> WHO ARE JUST GETTING WORD
THAT A MAN WAS KILLED IN MANY
WAYS, PAT, AFTER THINK THIS IS
THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE.
>> YEAH. AND AS HORRIFIC AS
THIS ATTACK WAS, THEY TELL ME
THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN FEAR
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
>> OF BEING ATTACKED BY THESE
DOGS. AND NOW THEY ARE ANGRY
THAT AN 80 YEAR-OLD MAN AND
HIS WIFE WERE MAULED BY THESE
DOGS. TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS
VIDEO THAT NEIGHBOR TOOK THE
2 DOGS GOING AFTER FIREFIGHTERS
AND BASICALLY FIREFIGHTERS JUST
PULLED UP AND STARTED A RESCUE
TO KEEP THE DOGS AWAY FROM THE
VICTIMS. A FIREFIGHTER WAS ALSO
BEATEN IN A 4TH PERSON WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A
HAND BITE. CHIEF HOOD SAYS THIS
WAS SUCH AN OUT OF THE ORDINARY
CALL. IT WAS EVEN TRAUMATIC FOR
HIS CREW.
>> FIREFIGHTERS WERE THERE.
HE WROTE IN THIS INSTANCE, ALL.
>> BUYING UP THESE PIT BULLS
WITH PICK AXES AND A PIE HOLES
TO TRY TO GET TO THE PATIENTS
DURING THAT TIME. ONE OF THE
THE CAPTAIN ON THE LOT, IT WAS
BITTEN IN THE LEG. THANKFULLY
HE’S OKAY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO
HAVE PEOPLE THAT WERE MAULED
BY THESE DOGS.
>> AND JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO,
THE 2 DOGS WERE TAKEN AWAY BY
ACS WHILE THE INVESTIGATION
IS UNDERWAY. A 3RD DOG WAS ALSO
TAKEN AWAY FROM THE HOME.
BUT THE DOGS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN
PEOPLE IN THE PAST. THAT ACS
SAYS THE DOGS WERE RETURNED
AFTER THEY WERE QUARANTINE.
AND THEY’VE ALSO TELL US THAT
THEY’VE BEEN CALLED TO THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THAT
COMPLAINTS DEALING WITH DOGS
COMING UP AT 6. YOU’RE GOING TO
HEAR FROM A WOMAN WHO SAYS HER
SON WAS BITTEN BY THESE DOGS
THAT PARENTS SPEAK WITH THEIR KIDS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF BRINGING PROHIBITED WEAPONS
ON
ANY CAMPUS. THEY WERE
APPARENTLY JUST OUT FOR A WALK
WHEN IT TURNED HORRIFIC.
SAN ANTONIO FIREFIGHTERS JUMP
IN TO TRY AND SAVE AN ELDERLY
COUPLE.
>> FROM BEING MAULED TO DEATH,
THE 80 YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED IN
THE ATTACK. HIS WIFE IN
CRITICAL CONDITION AT THIS
HOUR. THE NIGHT TEAM’S PATTY
SANTOS JOINS US NOW LIVE NEAR
CUPPLES WHERE THIS HAPPENED.
AND SHE’S GOING EXPLAIN.
>> WHY ANIMAL CARE SERVICES
HAD TAKEN THE DOGS AWAY IN THE
PAST, BUT THEN BROUGHT THEM
BACK. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
PATENT?
>> THE MOTHER OF A MAN WHO WAS
BITTEN BY THESE DOGS IN THE
PAST WHO TOOK VIDEO THAT YOU’RE
ABOUT TO SEE.
>> WAS REALLY OVERWHELMED WITH
EMOTIONS TO FIND OUT THAT THERE
WAS A PERSON THAT DIED AS A
RESULT OF THIS THINKING THIS
COULD HAVE BEEN HER SON OR EVEN
HER GRANDCHILDREN. TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT SHE
TOOK. THE FIREFIGHTERS TRYING
TO RESCUE THE VICTIMS BEING
MAULED USING ANY TOOL. THEY
HAVE TO HIT THE DOGS AND TO
PUSH THEM AWAY. ONE FIREFIGHTER
WAS BITTEN IN THE LEG BY THE
DOGS. SO BEEN LESS HAS THE DOGS
GOT INTO HER PROPERTY AND BIT
HER SON. NOW OTHERS, NEIGHBORS
SAY THE DOGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED
TO ROAM THE STREETS FOR MONTHS.
>> IT’S AFFECTING MOMENT IN THE
PUTIN WAS ASKED. OKAY, YOU
SECOND THAT. I MEAN IT. BUT THE
>> AND SO THE AVILA SAYS THE
NEIGHBORHOODS APPEALED TO THE
DOG OWNERS TO SECURE THEM IN
THEIR PROPERTY FALLEN APATHETIC
YEARS. THEIR PLEA TO OFFICERS
TO TAKE THE DOGS AWAY. ALSO
IGNORED. ACS SAYS THE DOGS WERE
QUARANTINE FOR A FIGHT, BUT THE
FIGHT WAS MINOR AND THERE WAS
NOT THE DAVID TO FOLLOW THE
THE DOGS WERE RETURNED TO THE
OWNERS. A TOTAL OF 3 DOGS WERE
REMOVED FROM THE HOME. THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THIS ATTACK
AND THE PAST INVOLVING THESE
DOGS SAID COULD ALSO RESULT IN
CHARGES. BUT WHAT THOSE CHARGES
ARE INVESTIGATORS WOULD NOT SAY
WE KNOW THAT THE COUPLE
ATTACKED WAS NOT EVEN FROM THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT JUST VISITING
SOMEONE THAT LIVES NEARBY.
A FIREFIGHTER AT CAPTAIN WITH
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO
BITTEN IN THE LEG AND THEN
ANOTHER PERSON WAS TRYING TO