A 56-year-old man died at a Winnipeg hotel two days after he suffered serious injuries while being attacked by five dogs outside a home in southwestern Manitoba.
The man was attacked on Feb. 21 in Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation, south of Riding Mountain National Park, Sgt. Paul Manaigre said in an email on Wednesday.
Yellowhead RCMP were called and an officer and paramedics who arrived shortly after 3 p.m. saw the man "lying motionless, face down in the snow, being attacked by the dogs," Manaigre said.
The paramedics stayed in the ambulance due to concerns for their safety but tried to scare the dogs away by honking and turning on the siren, he said.
The RCMP officer got out of his vehicle and yelled at the dogs to take their attention away from the victim, but that led to the dogs becoming aggressive toward him.
He then approached the man and shot two of the dogs, Manaigre said. The other three dogs then ran off toward the rear of the home of which they belong to and the paramedics rushed to provide medical aid to the victim.
