Hide Transcript Show Transcript

WEBVTT HER SCREAMS FOR HELP. BLOODCURDLING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS SCREAMING. JULIANA: 9:00 A.M. SUNDAY, WHA WAS SUPPOSE TO BE DEPUTY JESSE DORMOY’S ONLY DAY OFF THIS WEEK IT TURNED INTO A DAY HE WILL NEVER FORGET. >> SHE HAD HER BEAGLE RIGHT HERE AND ONE DOG WAS RIGHT HERE THE OTHER ONE WAS ON HERE ON HER. JULIANA: THESE TWO PITBULLS ESCAPED FROM THEIR HOME IN METAIRIE, AND WERE CAUGHT ON CAMERA ROAMING THE 3400 BLOCK OF TAFT PARK. YOU CAN SEE THEM RUN UP TO A TODDLER BUT BACKING OFF WHEN HIS MOTHER PICKED HIM UP. BUT FOR THIS WOMAN AND HER BEAGLE, SHE WASN’T AS LUCKY. >> THOSE DOGS WERE JUST ALL OVER HER. ONE WAS TRYING TO GO FOR A PIECE OF HER CLOTHES. THE OTHER WAS TRYING TO GO FOR HER HANDS. JULIANA: DEPUTY DORMOY, IN HIS MORNING PAJAMAS, RUSHED OUT OF THE HOUSE GRABBING AN UMBRELLA TO SCARE THEM OFF. THEY GOT SCARED ENOUGH TO STOP FOR A MOMENT. >> I WAS YELLING F THEM TO GET AWAY. SHE GOT ON MY PORCH. I PUT MYSELF BETWEEN HER AND MY DOGS, AND THE DOGS STILL CAME. JULIANA: THE ATTACK HAPPENED JUST PAST THIS DRIVEWAY BEYOND THE CAMERAS REACH, BUT IT SHOWS THE MINUTE ONE OF THE DOGS TURNED FOR THE WOMAN AND HER DOG. >> PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON HER HAND. SHE WAS BLEEDING FROM HER HAND A LITTLE BIT. I THINK THE DOG WAS INJURED ALSO I THINK THEY BOTH NEEDED TO GET TREATMENT. JULIANA: MINUTES LATER, YOU CA SEE THE WOMAN AND HER BEAGLE WALKING OFF. THOUGH MANY WOULD SAY DEPU DORMOY IS THEIR HERO, HE HUMBLY SAYS HE WAS JUST DOING WHAT ANY DEPUTY OR NEIGHBOR WOULD DO. >> IT COMES HAND-IN-HAND. YOU HEAR SOMEONE SCREAMING FOR HELP AND YOU DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO. SHE WAS AN OLDER LADY. IF THEY HAD GOT HER ON THE GROUND, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. JULIANA: THE JEFFERSON PARISH ANIMAL CONTROL CONFIRMED THE TWO PITBULLS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THEY LOCATED THE OWNERS AND SAID THE DOGS SOMEHOW GOT OUT THE FRONT DOOR. THEY TOLD US A COURT H

Advertisement Two pit bulls that escaped from home attack woman, beagle in Metairie Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Jefferson Parish Animal Control officials confirmed that two pit bulls escaped from their home Sunday, later attacking a woman and her beagle in Metairie.The victim and her dog were walking in the 3400 block Taft Park in Metairie when off-duty Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Deputy Jesse Dormoy heard the woman's screams for help."Those dogs were just all over her. One was trying to go for a piece of her clothes. The other was trying to go for her hands," Dormoy said.He said he instantly ran out of his house waving an umbrella and yelling, trying to scare them off. He said they stopped and backed off, but only for a moment."Once they backed off I'm yelling at her, 'Get in the house, get in the house.' She got on my porch. I put myself between her and my dogs, and the dogs still came," Dormoy said.He told WDSU the woman had puncture wounds to her hand and was "bleeding a little bit." He said he believes the dog was also injured and they both needed treatment.Surveillance cameras were not positioned in a way to capture the attack. However, they did capture the moments after, when the woman and her beagle were seen walking to a car that had arrived to take them home.Animal Control said they were able to find the owners, who said the dogs escaped through the front door. Animal Control inspectors said the home passed all inspections. They told WDSU a court date will be held, but there is no word as to when. Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!