An 85-year-old woman has died after being mauled by a dog on April 8 in the Billings Heights, the city's spokesperson Victoria Hill confirmed Monday.
It hasn't been stated publicly yet where in the Heights the attack occurred, what kind of dog it was, or whether or not the dog was on a leash.
"The dog is in custody and in quarantine," said police Sgt. Nate West.
The case has been referred to the police department's detectives division, and the city attorney, Hill said.
Police have declined to release any more details about the incident.
Last December, a 58-year-old man, Duke Little Whirlwind, was mauled to death by dogs in Lame Deer on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Little Whirlwind was walking his bicycle to a family member's house when the dogs attacked and killed him.
In 2017 in Bozeman, a 65-year-old woman was mauled to death by two pit bulls while she was working in her yard. The owner of two dogs later pleaded guilty to multiple charges stemming from the incident.
In 2018, a 3-year-old girl in a Billings daycare was severely injured by the daycare owner's bull mastiff. The girl was flown to Children's Hospital Colorado, in Aurora, for treatment.
Reader Comments
Dogs were never allowed in the family home. I've seen what they're like outside - I wasn't there for this attack, however, in an urban setting - we're so past the point as a society in the West where there's a symbiotic or mutually beneficial relationship with these other pack mammals. They're carnivores, and they weren't allowed around my family's small children. We had a Malamute Husky attack a toddler, dogs can just turn in an instant, and that's all it takes...
Not to mention that most urban parks are dog toilets. I detest walking the Lakeshore or Christie Pitts, even High Park, but *especially* the Lower Sherbourne Commons after a rainfall; all one can smell is dog shite and urine, and it pools into frozen ice puddles in the Winter. I simply have no use for the appeal. [Link]