Pit bull attacks owner.On the afternoon of October 19, 2003, Terry Ayala of San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , was awakened a·wak·en tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1. [Middle English awakenen, from Old English from her Sunday afternoon nap by loud barking. Peering through a bedroom window, she saw next-door neighbor Malko Oswald, 48, on the ground with his pet pit bull chewing on his face. Horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. , Mrs. Ayala screamed for her husband, Hector, who was watching television. The retired San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. police of ricer ran to the backyard fence and screamed at the dog to stop its unprovoked attack. Ignoring Ayala's shouts, the animal continued chewing on Oswald's face, his side and an arm. Ayala ran back to his house and grabbed a handgun that the police department had given him as a retirement present. Returning to the scene of the attack, he fired a shot into the ground. Frightened by the blast, the dog backed away. Oswald struggled to his feet, and Ayala helped him walk to the front yard while the pit bull paced back and forth near its kennel. Oswald was taken to a local army medical center, where he was reported in stable condition following treatment for extensive facial and arm lacerations and puncture wounds puncture wound n. A wound that is deeper than it is wide, produced by a narrow pointed object. to his side. |
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