A man was mauled to death by a pit bull dog inside a Staten Island home on Sunday afternoon, according to cops and sources.
Police responded to a 911 call about a vicious animal inside a home on New Dorp Lane just after 4 p.m., according to the NYPD.
After arriving, officers found a 59-year-old man who had multiple wounds on his body that appeared consistent with dog bites, cops said.
The unidentified man was pronounced dead on the scene. It’s not immediately clear if he lived in the home where the gruesome attack took place or if others were inside at the time.
The dog, identified as a pit bull, was taken to the ASPCA, according to law enforcement sources.
The city’s Medical Examiner will officially determine the man’s cause of death, police added.
The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
