Arizona mother dies shielding son from dog attack

Incident summary

Arizona reporting described a mother who died while shielding her son during a dog attack.

Source language / attribution

Arizona reporting described a mother who died while shielding her son during a dog attack.

Breed attribution

Breed is recorded only when explicitly described in the reviewed source; otherwise BiteDB records unknown / not reported.

Victims and dogs involved

• Victim(s): Adult woman; child protected
• Dog(s): 1 or more dogs
• Location: Phoenix, Arizona; public map uses city-level approximate geography only

Legal / animal-control status

Publicly reviewed sources did not establish a final court or animal-control disposition unless noted in the summary.

Confidence note

Added during the state-minimum scrub from a current public report or official/publicly indexed source. Location is approximate and breed is not inferred.

Sources

• Arizona mom dies shielding son from dog attack Public report / official or local media reporting