An upstate New York man was mauled to death by a pack of pit bulls Wednesday, in an attack that didn’t stop until a cop shot one of the mongrels and scared the rest away, according to authorities.
The 10 vicious dogs set upon Schenectady resident James Provost, 59, at around 6 p.m. in a backyard next door to a suspected drug house where the beasts were kept, Albany police chief Eric Hawkins said.
“This was a horrific attack,” Hawkins said during a news conference streamed locally.
A blurred video of the attack obtained by CBS 6 shows the barking dogs pouncing on the man who was trying to fend off them off. The animals dragged him around as he appeared unconscious, according to the outlet.
After the dogs were well into their attack on Provost, a police officer arrived on scene and witnessed eight or nine of them surrounding the victim, police said.