WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:0 00:00.000 --> 00:00.230 align:middle line:10% Yeah. 00:00.230 --> 00:01.430 align:middle line:10% Very, very sad. 00:01.430 --> 00:02.640 align:middle line:10% The man who died is 35 years 00:02.640 --> 00:03.440 align:middle line:10% old. 00:03.440 --> 00:04.640 align:middle line:10% He lives in the back house 00:04.640 --> 00:05.510 align:middle line:10% in the property you see 00:05.510 --> 00:06.440 align:middle line:10% behind us. 00:06.440 --> 00:08.300 align:middle line:10% Investigators telling us there's 00:08.300 --> 00:09.680 align:middle line:10% security video from the house 00:09.680 --> 00:10.520 align:middle line:10% showing him going out 00:10.520 --> 00:13.160 align:middle line:10% in the morning to feed the dogs 00:13.160 --> 00:14.195 align:middle line:10% when he got attacked. 00:14.195 --> 00:18.280 align:middle line:90% 00:18.280 --> 00:19.730 align:middle line:10% Animal control removing dogs 00:19.730 --> 00:20.530 align:middle line:10% from a home 00:20.530 --> 00:22.510 align:middle line:10% off Thorson Avenue in Compton. 00:22.510 --> 00:24.910 align:middle line:10% From FOX 11, images of the dog's 00:24.910 --> 00:26.540 align:middle line:10% owner, dead inside one 00:26.540 --> 00:27.340 align:middle line:10% of the dog 00:27.340 --> 00:29.110 align:middle line:10% kennels in the backyard, where 00:29.110 --> 00:30.680 align:middle line:10% investigators found a lot 00:30.680 --> 00:31.480 align:middle line:10% of dogs. 00:31.480 --> 00:32.950 align:middle line:10% In the backyard, there was 00:32.950 --> 00:35.080 align:middle line:10% numerous dogs-- approximately 13 00:35.080 --> 00:36.447 align:middle line:10% dogs, believed to be pit bulls. 00:36.447 --> 00:37.480 align:middle line:10% CHRISTINA GONZALEZ: All of them 00:37.480 --> 00:39.400 align:middle line:10% taken by LA County's Department 00:39.400 --> 00:40.855 align:middle line:10% of Animal Care and Control. 00:40.855 --> 00:41.860 align:middle line:10% MICHAEL GOMEZ: Our victim was 00:41.860 --> 00:43.780 align:middle line:10% in the backyard, apparently 00:43.780 --> 00:44.800 align:middle line:10% feeding them. 00:44.800 --> 00:46.300 align:middle line:10% It sounds like they attacked 00:46.300 --> 00:48.130 align:middle line:10% him, and ultimately, he 00:48.130 --> 00:49.610 align:middle line:10% succumbed to his injuries. 00:49.610 --> 00:50.477 align:middle line:10% CHRISTINA GONZALEZ: He was 00:50.477 --> 00:52.360 align:middle line:10% mauled. 00:52.360 --> 00:53.660 align:middle line:10% I have no words. 00:53.660 --> 00:54.520 align:middle line:10% I would see, like, 00:54.520 --> 00:57.232 align:middle line:10% two big ones, you know, 00:57.232 --> 00:59.620 align:middle line:10% at edge of the fence. 00:59.620 --> 01:02.110 align:middle line:10% But I never saw that many dogs. 01:02.110 --> 01:02.973 align:middle line:10% [SPEAKING SPANISH] 01:02.973 --> 01:03.940 align:middle line:10% CHRISTINA GONZALEZ: They were 01:03.940 --> 01:04.420 align:middle line:10% aggressive? 01:04.420 --> 01:05.080 align:middle line:10% [SPEAKING SPANISH] 01:05.080 --> 01:05.440 align:middle line:10% Yeah. 01:05.440 --> 01:05.680 align:middle line:10% CHRISTINA GONZALEZ: 01:05.680 --> 01:06.970 align:middle line:10% This neighbor saying a couple 01:06.970 --> 01:08.890 align:middle line:10% of the dogs got out and attacked 01:08.890 --> 01:11.080 align:middle line:10% his chickens, but investigators 01:11.080 --> 01:13.090 align:middle line:10% say that initially, there don't 01:13.090 --> 01:14.440 align:middle line:10% seem to be any reports 01:14.440 --> 01:16.450 align:middle line:10% of the dogs attacking people-- 01:16.450 --> 01:17.500 align:middle line:10% until this. 01:17.500 --> 01:18.300 align:middle line:10% Hi. 01:18.300 --> 01:19.430 align:middle line:10% Can we talk to you? 01:19.430 --> 01:20.440 align:middle line:10% Is there anything-- 01:20.440 --> 01:21.240 align:middle line:10% No. 01:21.240 --> 01:22.270 align:middle line:10% Off the property. 01:22.270 --> 01:22.750 align:middle line:10% CHRISTINA GONZALEZ: No one 01:22.750 --> 01:23.590 align:middle line:10% at the house talking 01:23.590 --> 01:24.490 align:middle line:10% to reporters. 01:24.490 --> 01:25.750 align:middle line:10% Animal Services looking 01:25.750 --> 01:27.850 align:middle line:10% into whether any dog breeding 01:27.850 --> 01:29.710 align:middle line:10% licenses are attached 01:29.710 --> 01:31.000 align:middle line:10% to this location. 01:31.000 --> 01:32.020 align:middle line:10% He was breeding them 01:32.020 --> 01:35.630 align:middle line:10% for a living, which is very, 01:35.630 --> 01:36.430 align:middle line:10% very sad. 01:36.430 --> 01:37.297 align:middle line:10% They could have hurt one 01:37.297 --> 01:39.100 align:middle line:10% of us, or one of these kids 01:39.100 --> 01:40.300 align:middle line:10% walking home from school. 01:40.300 --> 01:41.875 align:middle line:90% That is a horrible way to go. 01:41.875 --> 01:44.470 align:middle line:90% 01:44.470 --> 01:46.180 align:middle line:10% All the animals were taken 01:46.180 --> 01:48.190 align:middle line:10% to the Downey Animal Shelter. 01:48.190 --> 01:49.090 align:middle line:10% They are part of what 01:49.090 --> 01:50.230 align:middle line:10% is considered evidence 01:50.230 --> 01:52.490 align:middle line:10% as the investigation continues. 01:52.490 --> 01:53.460 align:middle line:10% Live in Compton, I'm Cristina 01:53.460 --> 01:54.260 align:middle line:10% Gonzalez. 01:54.260 --> 01:55.910 align:middle line:10% Back to you in the studio. 01:55.910 --> 01:58.240 align:middle line:90% ANCHOR: Cristina, thank you.