A police officer in California was forced to shoot dead a pitbull following an incident that saw the death of a woman after an attack from the creature.
The New York Post reported that a woman was killed after being torn apart by a pack of stray dogs near a park in Southern California.
According to authorities, the woman identified as Teodora Mendoza, 51, was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries to her face and later died after the attack involving more than a dozen dogs on Thursday, August 2025.
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The publication further reported about how yet another woman was injured in the gruesome attack near Perris Hill Park in San Bernardino at around 5.00 p.m.
Media reports indicate that one of the stray pitbulls charged at an officer while tending to the two victims lying just metres apart, who was forced to open fire and kill the beast.
“At the time that the officer was rendering aid to the female, there was two dogs that ran out of a brush. He then fired two rounds to protect him and the female that he was rendering aid to,” Police Department spokesperson Araceli Mata disclosed.
“It was a bit of a chaotic scene at first because there were multiple dogs out there,” Sgt. Chris Gray of the San Bernardino Police Department told the Media.
In a video posted by CBS News show, a crime scene tape and discarded clothing were seen at the site of the incident.
A neighbour at near the site disclosed that many homeless people who live around the area usually keep unleashed dogs for their protection.
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The deceased son, Alex Lozano, 21, told the Media that his mother often stayed in a homeless encampment in the park.
He revealed that Mendoza had been homeless for over a year and usually split her time between San Bernardino and Banning.
The son stated that he had not talked to her for some time.
“My grandpa from Texas called and said that my mom was attacked by pit bulls. That’s how I found out,” the son he told the LA Times.
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