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Woman killed near California park after being torn apart by pack of stray dogs, pit bull shot by cops

August 3, 2025
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Woman killed near California park after being torn apart by pack of stray dogs, pit bull shot by cops
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A woman was killed after being torn apart by a pack of stray dogs near a park in Southern California, authorities said.

Teodora Mendoza, 51, was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries to her face and later died after the attack involving more than a dozen dogs on Thursday, the LA Times reports.

Another woman was injured in the gruesome attack near Perris Hill Park in San Bernardino at around 5 p.m., according to the LA Times.

While police were tending to the two victims lying some 30 yards apart, one of the stray dogs, a pit bull, charged at an officer, who opened fire and killed the animal.

San Bernardino homeless encampment near site of fatal dog attack.
A woman has been killed after she was torn apart by stray dogs near a park in California. CBS News

“At the time that the officer was rendering aid to the female, there was two dogs that ran out of a brush. He then fired two rounds to protect him and the female that he was rendering aid to,” Police Department spokesperson Araceli Mata told CBS News.

“It was a bit of a chaotic scene at first because there were multiple dogs out there,” Sgt. Chris Gray of the San Bernardino Police Department told the LA Times.

Crime scene tape and discarded clothing could be seen at the site of the fatal attack, video from CBS News shows.

Many of the homeless people who live in the area where the attack took place keep unleashed dogs for protection, neighbors said.

Yellow police tape on a fence near a homeless encampment.
Crime scene tape and discarded clothing was left at the scene of the attack. CBS News

Mendoza’s son, 21-year-old Alex Lozano, said his mother often stayed in a homeless encampment in the park.

She had been homeless for over a year, and usually split her time between San Bernardino and Banning, where Lozano now lives, he said, adding that he hadn’t spoken to her in some time.

“My grandpa from Texas called and said that my mom was attacked by pit bulls. That’s how I found out,” he told the LA Times.

Tent near a road in San Bernardino.
The area is the site of a homeless encampment. CBS News

Fourteen dogs were removed from the park by animal services, Police Department spokesperson Araceli Mata said.

California saw the highest number of insurance claims for dog bites in the most recently available figures, with 2,104 in 2023, according to data from the Insurance Information Institute.

The Golden State also tops the list for the highest average dog bit claim cost, at $78,818.

The post Woman killed near California park after being torn apart by pack of stray dogs, pit bull shot by cops appeared first on New York Post.

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