HOMESTEAD, FLA. (WSVN) - A woman was the victim a violent dog attack in Homestead that sent her to the hospital with serious injuries, police said
Surveillance footage shows the 63-year-old victim as she walked along Northwest Ninth Terrace, near Second Street, at around 10:30 a.m. on Friday.
It was at this moment when the video shows her being bitten multiple times by two dogs described by Miami-Dade Animal Services as American bulldog mixes.
“I hear they mauled the lady apart,” an area resident said. “It was just devastating.”
Witnesses said a good Samaritan was able to scare the dogs away and get the victim to safety.
The woman reportedly suffered injuries to the back of her head, neck, right arm and right ankle.
“We got rags and stuff to try to secure her head and stuff because it was very bad,” said a witness. “You could see her skull.”
The woman was airlifted as a trauma alert to Jackson South Medical Center, where she underwent surgery and is stable.
Animal control officials said the the two stray American bulldog mixes were safely collected and are now in the custody of Miami-Dade Animal Services.
People who work in the area say they’ve seen the dogs around for months.
“They do come out, they do run around, they do mess with people, but they’ve never attacked anybody like this,” the witness said. “This is the first time.”
The investigation remains active. No arrests are being made at this time.
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