A man died after being stabbed and mauled by dogs in Perris Hill Park.
Man Dies After Dog Attack
San Bernardino, CA - A man died after being stabbed and mauled by dogs at a homeless encampment in a city park. Police and paramedics were dispatched to Perris Hill Park located at 1135 East Highland Avenue around 5:20 pm Sunday. Upon arrival, responders found the man, who authorities said is homeless, suffering from suspected stab wounds and dog bites. Animal control officers confiscated 10 to 11 dogs from the scene. As of Tuesday, investigators are still trying to sort out what happened.
The San Bernardino County Coroner's Office has not yet released the cause of death. Capt. Nelson Carrington of the San Bernardino Police Department told KABC, "While the victim was being treated by medical personnel, he had what is suspected to be a potential stab wound, but again we're not 100% sure about that." Carrington added, "We won't get that information until the coroner's investigation is completed." Detectives are still trying to find the dogs' owner, who is also believed to be homeless.
Encampments and Lawsuits
Since January, the city of San Bernardino has been unable to clear homeless encampments at Perris Hill Park, or anywhere else, due to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU. The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling did not affect the city's situation. The legal issues the city faced stem from ADA violations during the process of encampment clean up. It was announced in early October that the city reached a settlement with the ACLU. Clearing homeless encampments could resume under certain conditions.
The Perris Hill Neighborhood Association posted earlier today, "Well, Mayor and City Council what do you have to say about this? The homeless at the park were supposed to be cleared out on Oct. 31st per the officer at the last Coffee with a Cop meeting. When will the city stop dragging their feet and clean up the park so the neighbors can have some peace and quiet again?" The attack occurred on November 3, three days after the park was supposed to be cleared out, according to the association.
The Inland Wire captured video of animal control officers confiscating at least one pit bull from the scene. This man's death comes a few weeks after a 59-year old homeless man in Albany, New York, was killed by a pack of pit bulls being used to guard a drug house; criminal charges are pending. In September, a 53-year old homeless man was killed by three mastiff-mixes in Oakland, California. In August, a 56-year old homeless woman was killed by a pack of great danes in Falls Feather, California.
A video posted by San Bernardino Media shows police outside of a gated area and pit bulls barking on the other side. Animal control officers confiscated at least seven pit bulls. A commenter wrote, "The gated area is where a few of the homeless people have made their own gated community." She and her church "go out there and feed them" and have gotten to know them, she wrote. "They say that they protect themselves with their dogs so that no one goes in and tries to mess with them."
A San Bernardino animal control officer is seen confiscating a pit bull from the scene.
At least seven pit bulls were confiscated from a fenced-in gated area near a building with a large horseshoe painted on it and signage that read, "Inland Empire Horseshoe Club."
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Bad enough he is homeless but to allegedly get stab and he put his vicious dangerous pitbull which eventually killed him that really messed up.I wonder if the pitbull killed him and he was never stabbed because I heard a guy died and they thought he was stabbed but his injuries came from a dog attack or did he get stab and the pitbull also kill him and caused most of his injuries.
This is for Coleen. In September, 2024, my friend, Denise Manley Ackley, was found dead on my property at 411 Franklin Avenue, Arcadia, Indiana.
46030. Hamilton County. Jackson Township. The property is outside the city limits. I believe she had been dead for seven days. There is a six foot high fence around the backyard. Wildlife could crawl under the fence. Neither family nor friends were allowed to view the body. Denise normally wouldn’t have been in the backyard; but her son, Russell,had thrown all the cats outside. The neighbor to the east has a registered black pitbull and a
Doberman. I’ve never seen them loose unsupervised. Neither family nor
friends were allowed to view the body.
The body was cremated. ID was from DNA utilizing her son and fingerprints.
An autopsy was done, but there was no cause of death listed. She was 68 years old. A tox screen was
negative. She was on meds for ADHD and mental health problems. She didn’t use street drugs.
Here in Tucson, the whole city is dealing with the same problems as the Perris Hill Neighborhood Association. And officialdom continues to drag its feet.
In my own neighborhood, there’s a homeless camp in a city park, and I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve reported it. Not only is this camp frequented by drug using humans, it also has more than one loose dog.
Count me as one neighbor who now steers clear of this park.
The authorities KNOW these places are problem spots, I don’t understand why they don’t stop there DAILY and get the vicious dogs out of there before something like this happens.
Just like I don’t understand why my local animal control doesn’t visit the local park regularly and hand out tickets for dogs off leash. There are only a dozen signs that say your dog has to be leashed but there is always someone who thinks they’re speshul. If AC gave out $200 tickets for each offense they’d be rolling in dough in no time and the park would be a lot safer for dogs and people.
I am not making light of the man’s death but when I first read this I thought the dogs stabbed the guy.
My first thought was “Are they putting gaffs and blades on fighting pits like they do on roosters now?”