Florida USPS Carrier Mauled To Death By Dogs [VIDEO]

NBC News reports:

A U.S. Postal Service carrier who was attacked by five dogs in Putnam County, Florida, has died, a sheriff’s official said.

Pamela Jane Rock, 61, died at a hospital Monday night, the day after the vicious attack, which a neighbor tried to stop by firing into the air, sheriff’s Col. Joseph Wells said Tuesday at a news conference.

“One neighbor brought his firearm along and fired several shots in the air in an attempt to disrupt the attack,” Wells said. “That was unsuccessful.”

First Coast News reports:



The five dogs that killed 61-year-old postal worker Pamela Rock had moved rocks to escape a fenced in yard, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Joe Wells said at a briefing Tuesday.

Animal control and deputies had been called to the neighborhood in the Interlachen Lake Estates area four times over the past three years for vicious animal complaints, Wells said. Indications are that the dogs responsible for Rock’s death were the reason for at least two of those previous complaints.

The dogs involved in the fatal attack Sunday will be euthanized, Wells said. A criminal investigation is underway. The dogs were mixed breed, Wells continued. Rock died Monday evening at around 7:30 p.m. at a Gainesville hospital, officals said.