Two South Carolina dog owners have been arrested after a man was mauled to death by two pit bulls.
Shannan Christine McCrackin, 45, and Kenneth Howard Swayne, 44, were booked into the Berkeley County jail on Nov. 1. Both were being held at the Berkeley County Detention Center.
McCrackin was charged with involuntary manslaughter and two counts of dangerous animals unconfined on premises. McCrackin had a $25,000 bond.
Swayne was charged with two counts of dangerous animals unconfined on premises. Swayne has a bond of $10,000.
Around 5 p.m. last Tuesday, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding a dog attack in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
According to law enforcement, a 65-year-old man was mauled to death and pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified as David Eller.
The Post and Courier reported, “David Eller, 65, was walking through his neighborhood in the Pleasant Oaks Mobile Home Park off Old Whitesville Road when two pit bull dogs fatally attacked him, Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell said Nov. 1.”
The ma was pronounced dead on the scene.
“This was a vicious attack on an unsuspecting victim, and this should have never occurred,” Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis told the Berkeley Observer. “If the owner of the dogs would have taken the proper responsibility for the safekeeping of the animals, the attack could have been prevented.”
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