Elderly man and his dog attacked by loose dogs, who police say were then stolen

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — A 94-year-old man and his cocker spaniel are recovering after two dogs got loose and attacked them Thursday afternoon on Milwaukee’s northwest side.

Milwaukee police say someone was trying to steal the attacking dogs when they got away and went after the cocker spaniel at about 1:15 p.m. Police says “a known suspect” then took off with the attacking dogs.

However, a good Samaritan who helped wrangle the dogs questions the official account. He says a neighbor told him she’d called for her brother to help with the dogs after they charged toward her home earlier in the day…

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