The canines concerned within the lethal mauling assault in Compton final week at the moment are lifeless themselves — as a result of the county put them down, each final one … TMZ has confirmed.
A rep for the Los Angeles County Dept. of Animal Care and Management tells us all of the pit bulls discovered on the scene of a house in South L.A. Friday — the place the proprietor of the canines had been discovered dead within the yard after getting mangled — have now been euthanized.
We’re instructed this determination was not made frivolously, however deemed needed … as there was proof linking them to the deadly assault, and as a consequence of a possible risk to the group in probably releasing them after this … we’re instructed the county selected to have them killed.
In different phrases … it was a security difficulty, and this consequence is not all that shocking large image — though, it’s actually unhappy.
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The DACC additionally clarified to us … all 13 canines on the premises had been euthanized, together with a number of puppies. Keep in mind, there have been solely 5 totally grown pit bulls discovered to be within the combine.
County officers say a part of the assault final week was caught on surveillance video — and primarily based on what they noticed, they consider the proprietor was feeding the pooches when issues went south. DACC says among the pitties began combating one another after which turned on him.
Not a lot is understood in regards to the man who died — apart from he lived alone and gave the impression to be within the enterprise of breeding and promoting pits … per investigators. His girlfriend is reported to have found the subsequent morning and known as police.
When first responders arrived, a lady who was on the property and attempting to flee the canines out again wanted rescuing — one thing filmed by information choppers — though, unclear what her relationship to the sufferer was, and whether or not she was the one who known as 911.
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The person who died was solely 35. An investigation is ongoing.