06-16-2011, 09:21 AM
first the poor man's arms were ripped off. :(
HAWTHORNE, Fla. -- The Putnam County Sheriff's Office said 74-year-old Roy McSweeney died Wednesday afternoon, five days after he was attacked by two pit bulls while gardening in his yard.
McSweeney lost his right arm and part of his left arm when the dogs attacked him outside his home in the 200 block of Old Hawthorne Road. He had been on life-support at Shands Medical Center in Gainesville, where he was pronounced dead at 4:18 p.m. Wednesday.
Putnam County sheriff's deputies said two pit bulls got out of McSweeney's neighbor's home and attacked him.
The two dogs involved in the attack were euthanized.
HAWTHORNE, Fla. -- The Putnam County Sheriff's Office said 74-year-old Roy McSweeney died Wednesday afternoon, five days after he was attacked by two pit bulls while gardening in his yard.
McSweeney lost his right arm and part of his left arm when the dogs attacked him outside his home in the 200 block of Old Hawthorne Road. He had been on life-support at Shands Medical Center in Gainesville, where he was pronounced dead at 4:18 p.m. Wednesday.
Putnam County sheriff's deputies said two pit bulls got out of McSweeney's neighbor's home and attacked him.
The two dogs involved in the attack were euthanized.