Posted on 12/06/2025 10:52:32 AM PST by Angelino97
A grandfather and his 3-month-old granddaughter were found dead in their Tennessee home — apparently mauled to death by the family’s pack of pit bulls that were known to terrorize the neighborhood.
The lifeless body of James Alexander Smith, 50, was found inside the Tullahoma home Wednesday afternoon while the tiny tot was still being attacked by their 7 dogs, all of which police had to gun down to reach the bloodied victims, according to the 14th Judicial District Attorney General.
The infant had tragically died by the time cops fought their way to her.
Authorities are now investigating whether the pair were mauled to death or were already dead before the dog attack.
“This was an especially difficult and brutal scene,” Attorney General Craig Northcott said in the release...
Neighbor Brian Kirby — who said the same pack killed his beloved cat just a week earlier — came home from work to find the infant’s mom screaming in the middle of the street moments before police arrived.
When he offered help, the hysterical woman darted back into the devastated Warren Street home. Kirby admitted he’d witnessed the dogs attack other animals in the neighborhood — even his own pet — but never imagined they’d turn on people, FOX 8 reported.
“I don’t believe that they thought this would ever happen,” the neighbor told the outlet.
“I’m sure it was not done on purpose. I think that people just have animals, and they just need to put them on a leash better; that’s all. And I’m not blaming them for what happened at all. I know that they’re devastated more than we are because it’s their family,” he continued.
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welp...
This type of dog should be made illegal to own or possess anywhere on U.S. soil.
That’s a lot of pit bulls. Seven too many by my count.
I feel sorry for the child.
The adults..... they kind of asked for it.
That didn’t end well.
Absolutely. How many more need to be attacked for this breed to be excised?
If I were the parents, I wouldn’t allow my child in his house.
Darwin award.
If only they would have stopped at six…
that’s awful hopefully there will be 7 dead pitbulls soon
YES!
fix all of them and let them die out.
Grandchild, please.
Not “grandkid”
Grandchild, please.
Not “grandkid”
“7 dogs, all of which police had to gun down”
I think that problem is already taken care of.
I would never leave a 3 month old with a grandfather
I advise any woman to get married before having kids and marry a provider as people normally did before hell broke loose in the late 1950s, when mothers didn’t find it normal to leave their babies in crazy places
I’d keep the kid away from pit bulls as well.
It’s mostly poor people that own them. Might explain why they’re poor.
Destroy every one of them. I’ve read where some PB’s raised from a barely walking puppy wind up attacking their owner when grown.
DumbF
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