He was fifty, a grandfather and living on an oxygen tank.
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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“ I would never leave a 3 month old with a grandfather”
…the guy was 50. Leaving any child with THAT guy was a mistake.
How clueless can one get????
Once the dogs or (humans) start with animals, it's only a matter of time before humans are the target.
I skimmed the article.
probably had a hot date to get to
Read the article. Grandpa was 50 years old and already sucking on supplemental oxygen. Can you spell white trash or piss poor protoplasm? I knew that you could.
It’s not the age. It’s the relationship
A mother is not going to let that happen to her kid when faced with the situation
Somewhere she detached from that kid like many mothers now. It’s culturally acceptable to leave a kid that age with just any one over a certain age.
A guy of 50 can have an unrealistic view of what’s safe for a baby.
A friend of mine raised a pit bull from a pup. As an adult, the dog was a friendly, goofy thing. A very nice dog.
Until the moment it snapped, and viciously attacked a UPS delivery guy.
So, yeah. You can’t fix DNA. The breed should be forced into extinction.
A dog breed just doing what it was selectively bred over the centuries to do. Pointers point, Retrievers retrieve and Pit Bulls sometimes find other prey to attack if there are no bulls around.
Essentially a murder-suicide by dogs.
Could have been chimpanzees, crocodiles, or rattlesnakes, but in this case it was a pack of mutant killer dogs. And the signs around the house say they knew.
My sympathies lie entirely with the poor infant to end his days in pain and terror because his family just had to have pit bulls. Makes me depressed to think of it. Though I suppose Democrats would just consider it a fourth term abortion. Any adults who were responsible for having those dogs should be tried for manslaughter
A whole shit pot full, My Friend. Matter of fact: They will will never be “excised” as you term it. No matter how many children they kill.
At one time in Florida the insurance company would come off[cancel] your home insurance policy if they learned you had a pit bull dog. I don’t know what they do now.
I would never leave a 3 month old with a grandfather
I would not bet the farm on it. Most people I read about that had pit bulls and children preferred the dogs over the children.
PSTUPID Owners.......THAT BREED KILLS.....PERIOD! 7 OF THOSE DEVILS???
He was fifty, a grandfather and living on an oxygen tank.
Not a big fan of freedom huh?
My comments would not have been as charitable as the neighbor’s
Exactly!
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