A squirrel caused havoc at a Deltona senior living facility Thursday afternoon when it attacked several people in the activity room leaving them with bleeding bites.

Several people were left bleeding before the animal was booted from the building, a caller told a 9-1-1 dispatcher.

The caller said the animal attack occurred inside the activity room of the Sterling Court Apartments, 1001 Alabaster Way.

"It's jumping on people and biting them and scratching them," the caller told a dispatcher. "It's still in there and people are bleeding."

The incident was reported at 2:49 p.m., according to a dispatch log.

Emergency and rescue workers at the scene, who said the animal may be rabid, reported that the squirrel went after people outside, latched onto a person and was somehow thrown indoors.

The caller to 9-1-1 said at least three or four people, possibly more, were gnawed upon by the bushy tailed rodent.

"We need help for the people, not about the squirrel," the exasperated caller told a dispatcher.

Residents at the complex somehow managed to boot the animal out of the building, the caller said.

"The squirrel has been tossed outside," the caller said. "They threw it out of the building."