Three dogs attack, kill elderly woman doing yard work: Calgary police
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An 83-year-old lady was killed in an assault by three canines in northwest Calgary on Sunday afternoon, metropolis police say.
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Calgary police responded to the northwest group of Capitol Hill within the 1500 block of twenty first Avenue N.W. at about 2 p.m., and located an aged lady with severe accidents from a canine assault. Investigators imagine the girl was in a again alley performing some yard work when a neighbour’s canines escaped their yard and attacked her.
Police imagine the canines are owned by a neighbour and never the sufferer or sufferer’s household.
EMS mentioned the girl was transported to Foothills Medical Centre in life-threatening situation. Calgary police mentioned Sunday night that the girl later died in hospital.
A common investigative unit is wanting into the assault as the first investigators and CPS’s murder unit is consulting with them, Calgary police mentioned. Officers are additionally working with bylaw companies since animals are concerned.
The investigation is ongoing.
Police mentioned the subsequent steps for an incident like this rely upon what’s uncovered within the investigation however might lead to costs comparable to negligence inflicting loss of life or a bylaw offence. The canines may be seized or euthanized.
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