HORRIFYING

80-Year-Old Man Killed and Three Others Injured in Brutal Dog Attack

Firefighters had to fight off the dogs with pickaxes and pike poles before reaching the victims, according to local officials.

An 80-year-old man was mauled to death and three others—including a firefighter—were injured in a dog attack in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday afternoon. Firefighters arrived on the scene around 1:45 p.m. and were forced to fight off two dogs with pickaxes and pike poles, according to local officials, leading to one responder sustaining a bite to the leg. When firefighters reached the victims, they transported two individuals—one in critical condition and the other with a bite to the hand—to the hospital. Despite delivering an on-site blood transfusion to the elderly man, he died shortly afterwards, officials said. The attacking dogs were free of restraints and assaulted the victims on the sidewalk, authorities said.