{"id":104426,"date":"2026-01-19T06:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104426\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:35:28","slug":"man-mauled-to-death-by-pit-bull-inside-staten-island-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104426\/","title":{"rendered":"Man mauled to death by pit bull inside Staten Island home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man was killed by a pit bull on Staten Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim was a 59-year-old found dead inside a home on New Dorp Lane in New Dorp around 4 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say the man had wounds all over his body consistent with dog bites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is unclear if the man was the dog&#8217;s owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ASPCA took the animal into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/staten-island\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Staten Island news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">More Staten Island news<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/7ny.tv\/submitnewstip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Send us a news tip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Send us a news tip<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts<\/a> <br \/>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrlIS7z20CnVaCrMvdkig_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Follow us on YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Follow us on YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/image-video-solicitation-and-rights-terms-of-use\/5101040\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:terms of use apply.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was killed by a pit bull on Staten Island. The victim was a 59-year-old found dead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,47449,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-104426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-pit-bull","12":"tag-staten-island","13":"tag-staten-island-headlines","14":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}