Wheelchair user severely injured by two dogs in Florida City
Police said two dogs escaped a gate and attacked Pierre Massey, who was airlifted with severe injuries; county officials later ordered both dogs euthanized.
Incident summary
Florida City Police and Miami-Dade Animal Services said two dogs escaped a gate and attacked wheelchair user Pierre Massey as he passed the property. Video showed the dogs knocking him from his wheelchair. He was airlifted to Jackson South Trauma with severe arm and leg injuries. County Animal Services later determined the attack was unprovoked and moved to euthanize both dogs.
Miami-Dade County Animal Services later said its investigation found the attack unprovoked and that the dogs posed a public-safety concern; one was euthanized and the second was scheduled for euthanasia. No criminal charge was established in the sources reviewed.
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Primary record used by BiteDB
WSVN, citing Florida City Police and Miami-Dade County Animal Services, reported that two loose dogs attacked a wheelchair user, causing severe arm injuries and prompting an airlift to a trauma hospital.
Open original source ↗Additional sources
- Still have flashbacks: Man knocked from wheelchair, mauled by dogs in Florida City shares ordealLocal 10 follow-up interview and county disposition reporting · 2024-01-29
- Dogs involved in attacking wheelchair-bound man in Florida City to be euthanizedWSVN follow-up citing Miami-Dade County Animal Services · 2024-01-30
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