A boy, left alone at home with two family pit bulls, in san francisco.
Hopefully one of the parents will spend a long time in jail (not both
because there are other children).

AP June 4 --

SAN FRANCISCO - A boy was fatally mauled in a pit bull attack at his
home Friday, authorities said. Police killed one of two dogs in the
house, and captured the second.

The attack occurred in the city's Sunset District, about a block from
Golden Gate Park, according to San Francisco Fire Lt. Bill Wickliffe.

Authorities got a frantic 911 call from an unidentified woman.

"She was yelling and screaming," Wickliffe said.

A police officer shot to death a fawn-colored female pit bull when it
wouldn't allow the officer to enter the apartment, said Police Sgt.
Neville Gittens.

A second pit bull, a male, was found inside the apartment and captured,
he said. The dogs weighed about 80 pounds each, according to Gittens.

Neighbors said the dogs were pets of the boy's family.

No one was taken into custody. Detectives "are conducting a homicide
investigation," said Police Chief Heather Fong.

Neighbor Aaron Vinnick, 11, said the victim - described as either 11
or 12 - lived in the apartment with his parents, brother and sister,
and the two dogs.

Asked about the dogs' behavior, Vinnick replied: "Sometimes nice,
sometimes mean."

San Francisco has seen at least one other fatal dog mauling in recent
years, the death of Diane Whipple in 2001. She was killed by two
100-pound-plus Presa Canarios in the hallway outside her Pacific
Heights apartment.