A 40-year-old Farmington Hills man is dead after being attacked by his dog, which police describe as a pit bull mix.
According to Farmington Hills police, a family member discovered the man unconscious with the dog pulling on his body in his backyard on Elmgrove Street on Saturday evening
The family member had gone to the man’s home after not hearing from him all day, police said.
The family member managed to get the dog into the house before calling 911, police said. No one else was home at the time.
Officers responded to the scene and found the man unconscious and “with significant wounds consistent with animal bites,” police said. First responders provided some aid on the scene and then transported the man to Corewell Hospital Farmington Hills where he died from his wounds, police said.
This is the second attack by pit bull or pit bull-mix dogs in Oakland County in less than a week. Last Wednesday, a one-year-old child sustained severe lacerations to her face, forehead, lower back and leg from her family’s two dogs while at her grandmother’s home in Wixom, police said. The homeowner was also injured by the dogs, police said.
The child underwent surgery at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, police said.
In both cases, the dogs were turned over to Oakland County Animal Control, police said.
In the Farmington Hills case, investigators are reportedly working with family members to determine if the dog has a history of aggression or could have been labeled as dangerous or potentially dangerous, in accordance with local ordinance, police said.
Through autopsy, the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the man’s death was accidental and caused by mauling from a dog.
As an investigation continues, anyone with further information related to the incident is asked to contact the Farmington Hills Police Department at 248-871-2610.
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