Wednesday, November 12, 2008
By David Rupkalvis, editor@grahamleader.com
A Graham man is recovering after being attacked by a pair of pit bulls Sunday. Graham Animal Control Officer Kim Mills said Tommy Lovell suffered bites to his arms and legs after the dogs left the back of a pickup truck and attacked Lovell in the Wal-Mart parking lot between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
Mills said Lovell walked from his home to Wal-Mart and was heading home when he passed the pickup with the dogs in the back. “He said, ‘Hey puppy, what are you doing?’ Next thing he knows, the white one jumped out and attacked him,” Mills said. “Then the other one attacked him.”
Mills said the dogs ripped large chunks of flesh off Levell and were going for his throat. “The two pit bulls tore a hunk out of his arm and a hunk out if his leg,” Mills said. “He had 20 stitches in his leg.”
As Lovell was trying to fight the dogs off, a motorist drove up, honked his horns and yelled for Lovell to get in the back of his truck. Before Lovell could do so, the dogs jumped back into the truck they were in.
Lovell then went home. When he got home, he realized how serious the injuries were and went to Graham Regional Medical Center. The hospital called police after seeing the injuries. Mills said by the time she heard about the attack, the dogs were long gone, and she had no idea what dogs had bitten the man. The answer to that question came Monday. “The owner came forward and called me and told me his dogs were the ones that attacked somebody,” Mills said.
While the owner admitted his dogs were involved, he said he doubted that the dogs were not provoked. Mills said there was a puppy in the truck. To find out exactly what happened, Mills watched the video surveillance tapes from Wal-Mart. She is also looking for witnesses, especially the man who stopped and helped Lovell.
“I just want witnesses to what happened,” she said. “I need anybody that saw what happened, anybody.” Anyone who was in the Wal-Mart parking lot and saw the attack is asked to call Mills at (940) 549-6441.
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