A pit bull killed its 41-year old male owner in a Bronx apartment building on Simpson Street.
Pit Bull Kills Owner
Bronx, NY - A 41-year old man is dead after being viciously attacked by his own pit bull. NYPD officers responded to a building in the 1200 block of Simpson Street in the Longwood neighborhood just after 3:00 am Friday morning. Upon arrival, they found the pit bull clamped onto the man's throat. Officers open fired on the dog multiple times, killing it. The man was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead. FNTV captured footage of NYPD police and detectives at the scene.
News 12 spoke to Debra Graham, who witnessed the attack. Graham warned the victim to get rid of the dog just days before the attack. "I said if you don't get rid of that dog, that dog's going to hurt you," she said. The victim had owned the dog for about 8 months. He kept it locked in a cage because it was vicious. "I don't know how the dog got out of the cage," she said, "but he did." Graham called 911. "One officer shot one shot, and one officer shot two shots, and the dog went down," Graham said.
An unidentified neighbor feared the male pit bull, "Max," even though the dog appeared calm. “I told him that dog was no good. It’s a pit bull, they go berserk,” he told the NY Post. The neighbor was concerned that he could been the one killed. "It could have been me. With any dog, they could turn any minute.” He said he hung out with the victim last night. "I was just with him last night," he said. "Everything was cool. He was cooking. Salmon cakes. It sucks. Here one day, next day you’re gone."
The victim has since been identified as 41-year old Kaeem Robinson.
The affordable housing building where the attack occurred entered the housing lottery just one year ago. It's unclear why a vicious pit bull locked in a cage, barking excessively, was allowable in the building. WABC reports that dogs must be registered with management. Robin's relatives were happy that he had finally found a home after years of struggles. Robinson previously lived in a shelter. What remains unknown is where Robinson acquired the dog, and if the dog came from the shelter system.
Robinson's sister, Kayesha Barnett, said she only recently found out about the dog. "We just found out about the dog ourselves, so we aren't too sure, we're trying to find out who he got the dog from, but that's all we actually know," Barnett said. Building resident Gilbert Durecou, who also called 911, told the NY Daily News he heard the vicious attack. "You could hear the biting," he said. "That dog was really tearing him up." Durecou said the cops had to "break the door down" to reach the victim.
The building where the fatal pit bull attack occurred, and the victim, Kaeem Robinson.
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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.
As stated, any dog can turn on you. But some are experts at it, can mask their mauling intent, and can see the job thru to conclusion with ease.
The news of the day today would not be released by the journalists without the “any” dog angle.
Either all dogs are killers or they are not.
“We’ll leave that up to you viewers to decide.”
wink wink
What certainly seems to be the case is that the victim did not know how to manage the dog. He seemed to be afraid of the dog too. I hope the back story of how he acquired the dog comes out.
Does anyone know if this dog was neutered? If it was neutered, it likely came from a shelter. If intact, it didn’t come from a shelter.
These cases are always sad. The owner had to let the dog out of the cage in order to clean the cage.
Why did he have this dog? Was it a vicious Emotional Assistance dog?
From the article, I believe the owner knew this dog was dangerous.
Maybe he didn’t think the dog would turn on him.
We are working on the neutered part.
There’s a comment on this site {from a retired sheriff I think} that says something to effect of:
“The pit bull is liar. It can act peaceful and happy as you walk up to it while laying down your guard. And then it will attack you in an instant.”
Not only will they mask their intention to attack, but they will also be as happy as a child opening a birthday present as they maul the surprised victim. That’s when they are at their happiest.
Kareem might have thought “He’s in a good mood today. Should be OK to let him out of the cage.”
Don’t let the mistake he made happen to you.
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The building is new and looks nice; it sounds like the interior of that apartment was trashed. It sounds like this dog barked a lot and at least one of the neighbors was afraid of it. I don’t know if anyone complained but maybe management will take any future complaints seriously. My condolences to the victim’s family.
I’m sure the neighbors were delighted to hear the sacred utterances of the almighty doG. And, for the record, pit bulls are world-class barkers.
The victim’s brother-in-law is a tried and true pit bull owner. “It’s just an unfortunate accident.” https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-officers-shot-and-killed-pit-bull-that-mauled-its-owner-to-death
The brother called it ‘an unfortunate accident’. No dog attack is an “accident”. Bringing a dog into the home, esp. a bully breed is 100% risk-taking idiot behavior for the owners; and selfish inconsideration for the safety of others.
Will be interesting to find out if the Pit Bull was adopted from a local animal shelter.
What? A sacred *rescue* dog would cause harm to its *rescuer*?
(Sarcasm off.)
I don’t understand if he knew the pitbull was dangerous and he only own him for 8 months and people warn him about the dog killing him why didn’t he put it to down he be alive today if he put him down. I don’t believe his family didn’t know how he got ahold of the pitbull did he adopt him did his friend give him to him did he find it.I think they knew the answer but they don’t want be known a pitbull support.
I see no reason to accuse the family of lying. They aren’t legally or morally responsible for their brother’s choices.
I believe the great Waylon Jennings said it best (the song was written by Mel Tillis):
All in all if the curtain should fall I hope that it lands on you.
I don’t wish for pit owners to get attacked.
However if attacks are going to happen it only seems fair that the owners are the victims.
Another case closed with a ruling of ” F around, find out”.