A Shreveport woman is dead after being attacked by two pit bulls on Thursday night. The victim has been identified as 64-year-old Geraldine Hamlin. Shreveport Police Corporal Angie Willhite says the woman shared a home with her son and the dogs.
“Her son had been gone and when he arrived back at the house he found his mother with multiple dog bite injuries to her arms,” said Willhite.
The victim was taken to a hospital where she died on Friday morning. Willhite says the dogs were very familiar with the victim.
“I believe they had owned them for four years is what I’ve been told. So they were strangers, the pets were no strangers to the family,” said Willhite.
Willhite says it is unclear as to what, if anything, provoked the animals to attack.
“Now those dogs have been taken into custody by animal control. That’s part of their protocol,” said Willhite.
