Lawrence County woman mauled by family dog
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Lawrence County law enforcement helped save a woman's life after she was brutally attacked by the family dog early Friday morning.
A 911 call came in at approximately 2:52 a.m. on Friday, March 21 about a dog attack with a woman seriously bleeding.
There was much activity in the city of Lawrenceburg, so the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office was first on scene.
The deputy was met by the victim's husband, who said the family Pit Bull attacked his 49-year-old wife. The husband reported the dog was still in the same structure as the injured woman.
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'My wife is in the middle. She's bleeding bad, man,' the husband can be heard saying on body camera footage.
The husband repeatedly demanded the deputy shoot the dog in order to save his wife. The man urged the deputy to kill the dog so first responders could safely get into the back bedroom where the victim was.
'We try our best not to kill animals, but if that is what we have to do to protect someone's life, then that is what needs to be done,' said Sgt. Garrett Brown with the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office.
Based on the video and the reports from law enforcement, the deputy fired multiple shots, killing the dog. Once the dog was no longer a threat, the deputy went to the woman in the rear bedroom.
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The deputy found the victim wedged between the bed and the wall. She had bedding pulled around her, but the bed and the covers were bloody.
When the deputy removed the blankets, it revealed gaping wounds to the woman's arms, legs, and side. Multiple tourniquets were applied to stop the profuse bleeding.
'Severe laceration to her right arm,' the deputy told other first responders.
The victim reportedly had deep lacerations from her elbows all the way to her armpits.
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'We've gotta get her out of here,' the deputy insisted.
Thanks to the quick actions of law enforcement, the woman was taken to a landing zone, where a LifeFlight helicopter arrived to transport her to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).
'They quickly made entry, assessed the situation, pretty much determined that the dog did need to be put down for everyone's safety, and then very quickly got into the room, assessed her injuries, got her to safety pretty much, and it was all done with professionalism and just great police work in my opinion,' Brown said.
The woman is currently listed in stable condition at VUMC.
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