Mira Mesa dog attack on pet owner – NBC 7 San Diego

San Diego police and paramedics were called to a fatal dog attack in a city park Friday afternoon.

According to SDPD, two people were attacked around noon, a man by his own three dogs, at Mesa Viking Park just off Westonhill Drive. A witness told NBC 7 that the man was battered when another person tried to help him and was also attacked.

Both victims were taken to a hospital after the attack, where the dog’s owner was pronounced dead, SDPD Officer Jose Perales told NBC 7.

The status of the second victim is unknown at this time, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The dogs’ owner was identified as 26-year-old Pedro Luis Ortega, a spokesman for the San Diego County Department of the Medical Examiner told NBC7 on Sunday.

“Upon arrival, our Humane officers worked together to locate two of the dogs that were still at large and seized a third dog that had been held in a car,” Nina Thompson, Humane Society public relations director, said NBC 7 Afterwards, the San Diego Humane Society took all three dogs away and placed them in mandatory bite quarantine.

A second owner signed over all three dogs and agreed that SDHS would humanely euthanize them. According to the dogs’ co-owner, they were all a mix of bully breeds, Thompson told NBC 7 on Sunday.

“As a result of the ongoing investigation, the decision was made to euthanize all three of the victim’s dogs,” Thompson said.

“This remains an active and ongoing investigation. We are committed to ensuring a thorough review of the incident,” Thompson added.

Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that an SDPD officer, An SDFD spokeswoman told NBC 7 that the dog’s owner was pronounced dead at the hospital.