List of fatal dog attacks in the United States

Columns: Date | Location | Victim 's name | Victim 's age | Category of dog | Circumstances
January 5 | Houston , Texas | Christine Bell | 43 years | pit bull ( 1 ) and pit bull mix ( 1 ) | Killed by loose dogs in an attack in which two other people were also injured , one seriously . Animal Control caught one of the dogs , while the owner fled with the second dog , a pit bull mix . Later the owner surrendered the second dog plus a third dog not believed to be part of the killing . The owners of the dogs were cited for keeping the animals in deplorable conditions , not licensing or vaccinating them , and allowing them to run at large . Homicide detectives were determining whether to press criminal charges | January 6 | New Braunfels , Texas | Betty Clark | 74 years | pit bulls ( 2 ) | Elderly widow was walking alone when neighbors ' dogs badly mauled her . She was saved by another neighbor and her boyfriend , who used a gun to scare off the dogs , but not before receiving wounds that caused her death in the hospital 16 days later . After the attack , the dogs were euthanized and their owners were arrested for allowing a dog attack that resulted in a death . The attack was first reported in the news media 4 months after the incident in an article about an unrelated attack . The dog 's owners were indicted and arrested in 2014 for Attack by dog resulting in death . Five years later , their cases are still ongoing with a jury trial scheduled May 6 , 2019 | January 17 | Bloomington , Illinois | Kara Hartrich | 4 years | pit bull ( 2 males , 1 female ) | Died from blood loss following injuries sustained to head and neck after being attacked by the dogs while her grandmother was babysitting Kara and her 2-year-old sister . When the grandmother attempted to intervene , the dogs turned on her and she then focused on protecting the 2-year-old child and was unable to stop the attack on Kara . Emergency personnel were called and Kara was taken to a hospital but died from her injuries . The dogs were surrendered to McLean County Animal Control where they were euthanized after a 10-day observation period . No charges were filed against the owners | January 26 | Corona , California | Annabell Martin | 89 years | Rottweilers ( 3 ) | The dogs belonged to the woman 's grandson . He told police they had no history of aggressive behavior . Other details are not known as there is little media coverage available from the incident | February 7 | Dayton , Ohio | Klonda Richey | 57 years | Mastiff mix ( 2 ) or Cane Corso mix ( 2 ) | The woman was attacked in the driveway of her home in the early morning hours by two mixed mastiffs that belonged to a neighbor . The dogs were shot and killed when they attacked police officers who responded to the call . The couple who owned the dogs were both sentenced for failure to control dogs . A wrongful death suit was filed against the county dog warden and his agency . The victim had made 36 calls to authorities about the dogs over the prior two years before her death ( in addition to 20 other anonymous calls ) , built a fence and installed security cameras . Richey 's death sparked several attempts ( still ongoing ) to change the vicious dog laws in Ohio | February 17 | Temple , Texas | Je'vaeh Mayes | 2 years | pit bull | The girl 's family was watching a friend 's female dog and its two puppies . They were being kept in the back yard . The 2-year-old girl went out into the yard alone without her parents ' knowledge and was attacked by the mother of the two puppies . The dog was chained in the backyard at the time , was later euthanized , and no criminal charges were to be filed | February 24 | High Point , North Carolina | Braelynn Rayne Coulter | 3 years | pit bull | Was playing in her yard when her family 's dog suddenly attacked . Her mother tried to stop it , but the dog attacked her as well . The family said the dog had never been aggressive , but neighbors said it had escaped and attacked a dog . Both mother and daughter were taken to the hospital , where Braelynn died . The dog was taken by authorities and scheduled to be euthanized after police finished their investigation

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