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6:00 p.m. -- A 12-year-old boy was mauled to death by his family's two pit bulls this afternoon in his apartment in San Francisco's Inner Sunset District as his mother screamed helplessly.
The boy, who was not identified, was attacked at 711 Lincoln Way across from Golden Gate Park about 3:15 p.m., police said. He was with his mother and two siblings when the 80-pound dogs -- a male named Rex and a female named Ella -- attacked him.
"Get them out of here!'' the boy's mother screamed, according to a neighbor in the building who heard the attack and saw the mother moments later, covered with blood.
A police officer shot and killed one of the dogs, believed to be Ella, when the dog prevented him from entering the apartment, a police spokesman said. The other dog was captured inside the apartment and was being held by animal control officers.
Paramedics tried and failed to resuscitate the boy.
Shocked neighbors said the dogs were normally friendly, affectionate and well-behaved.
"The dogs were sweethearts,'' said Art Austin, who has lived in the building for five years. "I never thought they were vicious. They were really nice. I would pet them and my wife would kiss them on the forehead.''
He described the children as "very nice kids. They liked to play outside with the dogs."
Austin said he saw the first officer on the scene shoot one of the dogs.
"I saw the policeman trying to get in the door,'' Austin said. "The dog wouldn't let him past. He had to shoot it.''
Austin's wife, Donna Castelli, said she saw the boy's mother, who she identified only as Maureen, moments after the tragedy.
"She was hysterical, she was screaming, she was yelling,'' Castelli said.
Castelli said the two dogs would run around the back yard of the apartment building but were always on a leash when in public.
"I'd kiss them on the forehead,'' Castelli said. "They were lovely dogs.''
Another neighborhood resident, Marc Culiner, also said the dogs were well-behaved.
"I knew the dogs, they seemed sweet," Culiner said.
Animal Care and Control officer Vicky Guldbech said one of the two dogs had been impounded at the city animal shelter in the past but that it was a "normal impound" and the dog was not believed to be aggressive. She did not elaborate.
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The boy, who was not identified, was attacked at 711 Lincoln Way across from Golden Gate Park about 3:15 p.m., police said. He was with his mother and two siblings when the 80-pound dogs -- a male named Rex and a female named Ella -- attacked him.
"Get them out of here!'' the boy's mother screamed, according to a neighbor in the building who heard the attack and saw the mother moments later, covered with blood.
A police officer shot and killed one of the dogs, believed to be Ella, when the dog prevented him from entering the apartment, a police spokesman said. The other dog was captured inside the apartment and was being held by animal control officers.
Paramedics tried and failed to resuscitate the boy.
Shocked neighbors said the dogs were normally friendly, affectionate and well-behaved.
"The dogs were sweethearts,'' said Art Austin, who has lived in the building for five years. "I never thought they were vicious. They were really nice. I would pet them and my wife would kiss them on the forehead.''
He described the children as "very nice kids. They liked to play outside with the dogs."
Austin said he saw the first officer on the scene shoot one of the dogs.
"I saw the policeman trying to get in the door,'' Austin said. "The dog wouldn't let him past. He had to shoot it.''
Austin's wife, Donna Castelli, said she saw the boy's mother, who she identified only as Maureen, moments after the tragedy.
"She was hysterical, she was screaming, she was yelling,'' Castelli said.
Castelli said the two dogs would run around the back yard of the apartment building but were always on a leash when in public.
"I'd kiss them on the forehead,'' Castelli said. "They were lovely dogs.''
Another neighborhood resident, Marc Culiner, also said the dogs were well-behaved.
"I knew the dogs, they seemed sweet," Culiner said.
Animal Care and Control officer Vicky Guldbech said one of the two dogs had been impounded at the city animal shelter in the past but that it was a "normal impound" and the dog was not believed to be aggressive. She did not elaborate.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/04/dog.maul.ap/index.html check out
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8111658/
