A 40-year old man was killed by a family pit bull-mix on Saturday in Farmington Hills.
Man Killed by Family Dog
Farmington Hills, MI - A 40-year old man is dead after being mauled by a family dog. Farmington Hills police officers responded to a home in the 22000 block of Elmgrove Street at about 8:00 pm Saturday for a report of a dog attack. A family member, who had not heard from the victim all day, went to his home to check on him, and found him unresponsive on the ground in the backyard. The dog was pulling on his body. He separated and contained the dog in the house prior to calling 911.
The victim was transported to Corewell Hospital Farmington Hills, where he was pronounced dead. No other people were inside the home. The dog, a pit bull-mix, was taken into custody by Oakland County Animal Control. The Oakland County Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and ruled the cause of death as "K-9 mauling." The manner of death was an accident. The victim's name was not released. Police are speaking to family members to determine if the dog had a history of aggression.
On Saturday, May 18, 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the Farmington Hills Police Department responded to a residence in the 22000 block of Elmgrove St. on a report of an injured man who had been attacked by a family dog.
A family member of the resident called 911 to report that he went to his relative’s home after not hearing from him all day, and upon arrival, the family member found the man unconscious, laying on the ground in the backyard of the home with the dog pulling at his body. The family member advised that he had separated and contained the dog in the house prior to calling 911. There were no other people in the house.
When officers arrived on scene, they found a 40-year-old man unconscious with significant wounds consistent with animal bites. Farmington Hills Fire Department firefighter/paramedics arrived on scene, provided aid, and transported the victim to Corewell Hospital Farmington Hills, where he ultimately succumbed to his wounds.
The Oakland County Medical Examiner performed an autopsy, which ruled the manner of death as accidental and the cause of death as K-9 mauling. The dog, which has been turned over to the Oakland County Animal Control, is believed to be a Pitbull mix.
Investigators are working with family members to determine if the dog had any previous history of aggression or could have been labeled as “dangerous or potentially dangerous” by Farmington Hills City Ordinance. - Farmington Hills Police Department, May 20, 2024
This is the second violent pit bull attack in Oakland County in less than a week. On May 15, a 1-year old girl and her grandparent were attacked by two family pit bulls at a home near Nissen Court and West Maple Road. The dogs belonged to the baby's grandparents. The child sustained severe lacerations to her face, forehead, lower back, and leg. The child was transported to Ascension Providence Hospital then transferred to Mott Children’s Hospital, where she was last listed in critical condition.
A 40-year man who lives at the home on Elmgrove Street owns a male pit bull-mix.
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Law enforcement departments across the United States should release consistent "baseline" information to the media and the public after each fatal dog mauling, including these items.
Meanwhile the alarm sounds at the pit bull war room. A plan is laid out to flood rescuers to Oakland county to save these heroic happy dogs from martyrdom and transport them via the “save ’em all” railroad to a land of peace, love, and freedom.
This…along with inquiries directed to the media demanding that they cease such vicious and blatantly racist reporting against the breed of peace. They obviously aren’t seeing the whole picture or reporting all the facts.
This is the best tongue-in-cheek “rescue” rationale I’ve read in awhile. (Sometimes, gallows humor is needed because these people are so stupid.) And…I know this is so tragic in so many ways. The only saving grace, it wasn’t a child or anyone else in the wrong place at the wrong time. But, of course, owning a pit/pit-mix puts you and your family in the wrong place with the wrong dog ALL the time. I truly hate these dogs.
Todd,
Don’t forget the deserved *millions* being shoveled into those lobbyists and rescuer’s pockets in a mass effort to “save them all” being they’re all smiley and waggy and stuffs and look cute in pajamas.
Cuz they’re like, man, the Gandhi of dog breeds.
We’re all heretics, here…
Getting killed by one’s own dog is tragic and only started in the USA with pitbull insanity. I wonder if there were not any previous signs that the dog was king in his house. The fact that another relative could have easily put the dog in a secure place means that this dog was mentally unstable.
The most dangerous dog is the one that is dangerous only 1% or less of the time.
Did the dog belong to a relative who had brought the dog to the deceased man’s home because he couldn’t keep the dog where he lived?
On several occasions I have been asked to babysit pitbulls. The owner always promises the dog’s stay will be brief even though the intent is abandonment.
Agree. Years back, before the “gotta save ’em all” mentality sprouted, I worked at a county SPCA. We could spare truly dominant dogs -mainly shepherds dobies and rotts via a responsible guard dog company. They were unsentimental but fair to to dogs. Unstable dogs were euthanized. Too unreliable to be guard dogs, not suitable for pets. Pink juice.
Learning, spot on.
Dominant, pushy, energetic but *stable* working breed dogs can do protection work. But they can be ‘way more dog than the average owner can handle.
Pitbulls are unstable. Period. More than half are dangerously dog aggressive when they mature. That’s an absolutely crap gamble to take and one nobody who is spending thousands to train a working dog, wants to take.
In fact, when a dog handler is working a protection dog–unstable pitbull owners can often be the biggest menace they face on the job.
At that time -1980’s -all pits were euthanized. Management did not want the liability.
The only time I even saw pits back then were when I did high risk security and the drug dealers were too cheap to buy a Rottweiler. The rest were owned by dog fighters (sometimes the owners were both) Regular people almost never owned them
Then, these same idiots threatened to sic their cheap-azz pitbulls on our expensive-trained, working dogs.
One of my trained Bouviers ripped a young pitbull apart that a neighbour let loose (mine won because we were all buying “anti-pitbull” collars back then and I was leaving for work)– we were threatened frequently by these idiots. I was horrified. My dog was fine and never again fought with another dog. Therein lies the difference.
It’s where my “ban-em all” stance came from.
When I tried working with pitbull owners when I was training dogs–they couldn’t/wouldn’t follow simple instructions on household management of a potentially dangerous, highly excitable, destructive, dog. Most were afraid of their own dog–a not unusual problem in people with big dogs they can’t handle.
Pitbulls are a weapon. They just are a volatile, unsafe, one. Nobody needs one. They have zero use in a civilized society.
Better the idiot who owned it than the neighbors or their pets.
Agreed.
bear hugs and faux neck biting in the pics assure they were handsy and probably rolled around playing tug with it
Once again, we have an example of playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes.
definitely a pit bull mix ,pit bull mixed with pit bull
Another death by the most lovable dog on earth.he died because he believed in the pitbull are misunderstood dog.I wonder how long he have his dangerous dog years or months.I know that they are going to blame the owner not the dog.he was abusing him he want to play with him but he had to yard work someone thing else killed him he was guarding his body he probably train him to be bad.
I had to share this sign I found.
https://www.temu.com/1pc-metal-tin-sign-vintage-warning-dog-classic-beware-of-pit-bull-wall-art-iron-painting-decor-vintage-chic-metal-poster-wall-decor-home-decor-room-decor-wall-decor-bar-decor-cafe-decor-garage-decor-g-601099536172732.html
Not included: All 4 legs.
Included: Pit bull’s penis.
You can see what is important to this crowd.
Sorry the link is so long.
I thought this pic summed up the crowd pretty well ” Hey! My dog has a big wang and he will kill you. If somehow my dog doesn’t manage to kill you, I will kill you if you hurt my dog.”
The same crowd that brought us “Adolph Pitler” is impossible to parody.
They are beyond parody.