Upon arrival, officers found a 59-year-old man with severe wounds about the body, consistent with dog bites. FDNY\/EMS responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said.<\/p>\n
A law enforcement source told the Advance\/SILive.com on Monday that the man was playing with the dog \u2014 which police and sources referred to as a pit bull \u2014 when it \u201cturned on him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The source added other people inside the house who witnessed the attack called 911. The victim was not the homeowner, though it was unclear whether he was a resident of the home or a visitor.<\/p>\n
The identity of the victim has not been released. Police confirmed there were no other dog-bite victims.<\/p>\n
An NYPD Emergency Services Unit removed the dog from the home late Sunday afternoon and transported it to the ASPCA, according to a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the case.<\/p>\n
There was a police presence outside the New Dorp home throughout Monday morning into the early afternoon, an Advance\/SILive.com reporter observed.<\/p>\n
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The suspected fatal attack occurred Sunday afternoon in New Dorp. Neighbors claim they had long been concerned about the dog’s treatment and behavior.Nicolette Cavallaro for The Staten Island Advance\/SILive.comNeighbors voice concerns<\/p>\n
Several neighbors who spoke to the Advance\/SILive.com on the condition of anonymity claimed a \u201cbig dog\u201d had been left outside in unsafe weather conditions previously, and had escaped several times in the past. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe dog did go after some girl one time with a small dog,\u201d a neighbor alleged. \u201cIt\u2019s not safe, we\u2019re all afraid to walk by.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others claimed that the treatment of the dog had been a concern for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n
One nearby business owner, who also requested anonymity, said he was not surprised an attack happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew it\u2019s gonna happen. Everyday something happened in that house,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n
A law enforcement source claimed police have responded to the home in the past, though the nature of those responses was unclear.<\/p>\n
There have been no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing, police said on Monday. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Less than 24 hours after a man was found dead of a suspected dog…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-104866","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-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104866","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=104866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}