Oakland police said it was investigating a death that happened on September 1 on the 1600 block of 36th Avenue in East Oakland just before noon. Officers arrived to find a victim who had major injuries from multiple dog bites.
Medics arrived but the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. One person was taken into custody following the dog attack, police said.
Police said the victim's name was being withheld pending notification of his family. However, published reports identified the victim as 53-year-old Robert Holguin and the suspect as 57-year-old Brendan Thomas Burke, a friend of Holguin's. Holguin had been staying at Burke's property at the time of the attack, according to Bay Area News Group.
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