A 17-year-old male is recovering from injuries after he was attacked by four pitbulls in Downtown Auburn this week.
Auburn Police Department Capt. John Ruffcorn confirmed that four dogs attacked the teen at about 6:15 p.m. Sept. 16 while he was walking to his car in a parking lot located off Lincoln Way.
Ruffcorn said the investigation is ongoing but he expects charges to be filed once police have concluded their work.
Ruffcorn said the owner of the dogs was reportedly not on scene but that the dogs came from a nearby residence that has a backyard with access to the parking lot where the dogs attacked.
He said witnesses reported that the teen did not provoke the attack and rather the dogs came running. Another witness reported that the dogs also came after him but he quickly locked himself inside a car and scared them off with the sound of the vehicle’s alarm.
Ruffcorn said two “good Samaritans” fought the dogs off of the 17-year-old Weimar male. He said both helpers pulled the young man into a car while one fought the dogs back with a wrench.
Ruffcorn said the victim suffered lacerations and puncture marks to his body.
The four dogs will remain quarantined at the Placer County Animal Shelter until Auburn Police officials finish their investigation.
“Anybody who was in the parking lot at the time potentially could’ve been a victim,” Ruffcorn said. “The young man was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
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