MADERA COUNTY, Calif. — A lady died after she was attacked by canines in Madera County, California on Monday.
The mauling occurred round 3:30 pm in Coarsegold, California.
Family members have recognized the sufferer as 18-year-old Lexis Salas.
“I really feel sorry that is the best way she needed to depart Earth, you realize. That is not a approach anyone ought to need to go away or endure something like that of their lifetime,” the sufferer’s good friend Vanessa Gomez mentioned.
Gomez mentioned Salas died on the scene.
“We seen them too, we thought perhaps they only obtained right into a combat with one another as a result of each canines had been lined in blood,” Gomez mentioned.
However then, Gomez realized the unthinkable had occurred, when she noticed her good friend mauled to loss of life.
“I simply maintain picturing her in my head. It is exhausting,” Gomez mentioned.
The Madera County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned, when animal management tried to take the damaging canines into custody, two escaped.
One of many pit bull mixes was rapidly caught and instantly euthanized.
The opposite was on the free in a single day, leaving employees and neighbors within the space on edge.
“It is type of spooky,” mentioned Isaiah Phillips, who works in Coarsegold.
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“The third one continues to be at massive; so, it is like, watch out. We’re simply type of letting clients know, watch out. Get in your automobiles as fast as you possibly can, and watch your step.”
Tuesday afternoon, deputies lastly caught the final canine.
“And on this case, there was no approach for us to soundly take these canines into custody. And finally, there was no approach for us to soundly do this past euthanizing the canines,” Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue mentioned.
Sheriff Pogue mentioned the present recognized proprietor is cooperating with the investigation, however deputies are nonetheless working to find out if individuals knew the canines had been aggressive.
“I do not assume anyone would ever need to reside with the truth that their canine obtained out and harm one other animal or harm one other particular person. I do not assume that is something any proprietor needs, and it is a particularly tragic and unhappy scenario we’re in at this time,” Sheriff Pogue mentioned.
The sufferer’s beginning mom continues to be attempting to come back to phrases together with her unthinkable loss of life.
“She went via a lot, and, to die like that, it is simply exhausting. It is exhausting to wrap my head round. It is exhausting to know,” Kellie Pruitt mentioned.
Family members at the moment are sharing how they need the 18-year-old to be remembered.
“She was at all times smiling; she had like a extremely shiny and cooked smile,” Gomez mentioned.
“Simply figuring out how bubbly she nonetheless was and the way optimistic she nonetheless was, and humorous, simply humorous,” Pruitt mentioned.
The land the place the incident occurred is managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Family and friends have arrange a GoFundMe to assist with funeral bills.
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