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TONIGHT AT 6:00.
NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEMAND ACTION
AFTER A SERIES OF DEADLY DOG
ATTACKS THAT WERE CAUGHT ON
CAMERA.
RESIDENTS TELL US THAT ROAMING
DOGS ARE VICIOUSLY ATTACKING
OTHER ANIMALS AND THEY SAY THE
CITY FRANKLY RIGHT NOW IS JUST
NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STOP IT
FROM HAPPENING.
THIS IS HAPPENING ON THE NEAR
WEST SIDE OF OUR SENIOR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER BOB
SIEGEL SHARES THE POWERFUL
EVIDENCE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
WE WANT TO WARN YOU SOME OF
THIS VIDEO IS DISTURBING
.
OH, I CAN'T LIVE IN FEAR AT MY
OWN HOUSE.
I JUST CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS
ANYMORE.
FELICIA SOSA SAYS SHE'S AFRAID
TO BRING HER DOGS OUTSIDE FOR A
WALK AND THIS IS WHY NO TWO
LARGE DOGS RAN ON FELICIA'S
PROPERTY AND ATTACKED ONE OF
HER CHIHUAHUAS NEED TO BOLT.
THE WHOLE THING WAS CAPTURED ON
FELICIA'S OUTDOOR SECURITY
CAMERA.
IT WAS JUST CHAOS SO FAST.
HAD YOU EVER SEEN THOSE DOGS
BEFORE?
NEVER PRIOR THAT BOLT NEEDED
STITCHES TO CLOSE A AND
PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON HIS THROAT
AND NECK.
LUCKILY HE SURVIVED.
CAN'T BABY.
BUT NOT ALL OF FELICIA'S PETS
WERE SO FORTUNATE.
ACADEMY SILVER WAS ATTACKED AND
KILLED BY THE SAME TWO DOGS
RIGHT OUTSIDE HER BACK DOOR
THAT WAS ALSO CAUGHT ON VIDEO
WERE BLURRING THE FOOTAGE
BECAUSE IT'S VERY GRAPHIC.
ONE DOG HAD ONE END OF HIM AND
THE OTHER DOG HAD OTHER END AND
THEY WERE JUST PLAYING WITH HIM
LIKE HE WAS A TOY.
IT WAS VERY HARD.
BOLT WAS ATTACKED IN 2019.
SILVER IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR
FELICIA REPORTED BOTH INCIDENTS
A CITY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS
AND YET THE ATTACKS IN HER
NEIGHBORHOOD KEEP ON COMING.
HE WAS SUFFERING FOR HIS LIFE
RIGHT THERE.
WE DON'T GET TO DO ANYTHING
ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS
ALREADY DEAD .
VANESSA SEGOVIA IS TALKING
ABOUT HER FAMILY'S DOG NAMED
DONNIS THE CHIHUAHUA WAS
ATTACKED AND KILLED LAST MONTH
IN HER DRIVEWAY AND VANESSA SAW
THE WHOLE THING FROM HER
BEDROOM WINDOW.
IT WAS QUICK.
IT WAS A MATTER OF SECONDS TO
BE HONEST.
THE DOGS WERE ON TOP OF HIM
LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO FIGHT
THEM.
YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET AWAY FROM
THEM.
BUT IT WAS TOO LATE WITH TOO
BIG PEOPLE AND IT WAS A LITTLE
TOO I WAS A LITTLE TOO OLD TO
DO IT TOO BIG PEOPLE THE SAME
DAY OF THAT ATTACK, TWO PIT
BULLS KILLED ANOTHER DOG ON
THIS BLOCK JUST TWO STREETS
AWAY.
YOUR DOG SHOULDN'T BE OUT
ROAMING THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL, YEAH, OF COURSE I
UNDERSTAND THAT JEREMIAH
STARGIRL OWNS THE DOGS ACCUSED
OF ATTACKING PETS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE ADULTS.
YOU'RE SAYING THOSE DOGS AREN'T
VICIOUS?
NO, NO, THEY'RE NOT VICIOUS.
DON'T TAKE YOUR HE BROUGHT THEM
OUTSIDE SO WE COULD MEET THEM
THAT SHOWBAR AND THAT IS EASY.
THEY SEEMED CALM AND
AFFECTIONATE DURING OUR VISIT
VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE IMAGES
WE SEE IN FELICIA'S HOME VIDEOS
.
THOSE ARE YOUR DOGS?
YES.
JEREMIAH ADMITS HIS PIT BULLS
WERE INVOLVED IN THREE OF THE
INCIDENTS INCLUDING THE ATTACK
ON BOULT KILLING FELICIA'S CAT
THIS APRIL AND KILLING A DOG ON
ADDISON STREET A FEW WEEKS AGO.
BUT HE INSISTS HIS DOGS DID NOT
ATTACK VANESSA'S CHIHUAHUA.
I HAVE PROOF SECURITY FOOTAGE
AT MY HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE
INCIDENTS WHERE MY DOGS WERE IN
MY HOUSE.
BUT FELICIA HAS OTHER SECURITY
FOOTAGE AND SHE SAYS IT SHOWS
SHEBA AND IS HE ROAMING THROUGH
HER YARD RIGHT AROUND THE TIME
VANESSA'S DOG WAS KILLED MAY
18TH.
THEIR HOUSES ARE RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET.
FELICIA SAYS THE CITY HAS HER
VIDEOS AND ALL THE ATTACKS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED.
I JUST THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE
DONE SOMETHING MORE.
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE OUR
LITTLE DOG DIE IN TWO BIG
PEOPLE WHEN FOLKS ARE WONDERING
WHY THESE DOGS ARE STILL IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD?
KATIE TRENNEPOHL IS DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S ANIMAL
CONTROL DEPARTMENT.
I CAN'T COMMENT ON THIS
SPECIFIC CASE BECAUSE IT IS AN
OPEN COURT CASE RIGHT NOW BUT
THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE
TO GO THROUGH AND I CAN ASSURE
YOU THAT IN SOME SITUATIONS
IT'S JUST AS FRUSTRATING FOR
US.
JUDGES HAVE TO HEAR CASES AND
UNFORTUNATELY THAT TAKES TIME.
CASES LIKE THESE MOVE A LITTLE
SLOWER BECAUSE JEREMIAHS DOGS
ARE ACCUSED OF ATTACKING
ANIMALS NOT PEOPLE.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIDS
TOO.
NEIGHBORS TELL ME PARENTS
AROUND HERE ARE VERY ANXIOUS
ABOUT THE RECENT DOG ATTACKS
THEY JUST COME OUT OF NOWHERE.
YOU DON'T YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T
REALLY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING
TO COME FROM.
THAT'S THE SCARY PART.
JEREMIAHS SAYS HE'S NOW
INSTALLING MORE SECURITY AND
BETTER FENCING TO PREVENT HIS
DOGS FROM GETTING LOOSE.
THEY WON'T GET OUT AGAIN.
AND FELICIA SAYS SHE HEARD THAT
TWO YEARS AGO.
IT'S LIKE WHAT'S NEXT?
YES, I JUST WANT TO BE SAFE TO
GO IN MY YARD OVER THE NEXT
MONTH AND THERE WILL BE SEVERAL
COURT HEARINGS THAT WILL
DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS TO
JEREMIAHS DOGS.
THE CITY SAYS IF YOU