Philadelphia Police officers had to shoot two dogs to rescue a man’s life after he was savagely attacked on Monday morning.

The 57-year-old man, whose identity has not been revealed, was attacked by two dogs, a 50-pound Bullmastiff, and a pitbull.

It happened at 4:30 a.m. near the 6th and Tioga Streets in Franklinville, Northern Philadelphia, and was captured on security cameras, CBS Local reported.

The surveillance footage shows one of the dogs tackling him to the ground, whereupon the dogs started chomping on his leg and arms, pulling him to and fro “like a ragdoll.”

Six minutes after the assault started, police officers responded to the scene and found the man fighting for his life. The officers had no other choice but to pull out their guns and shoot at the dogs to save the man’s life.

At least one animal, the bullmastiff, got shot and died. The other dog fled the scene and is still on the loose.

A witness, Luz Diaz, described the dogs: “When I say huge—huge. Looking like a dog that was lifting up weights and had weights like muscles. Like a huge dog,” CBS reported.

The victim bled so profusely that the officers had to apply a tourniquet on his arm to prevent him from bleeding to death. The man is taken to hospital and is in critical condition.

“He has three dog bites at this time—both arms and his one leg. They say the bites to his arm are very, very severe—down to the bone. That’s why officers actually applied a tourniquet because his arms were bleeding that heavily,” Chief Inspector of Philadelphia Police Scott Small said, according to the outlet.

Police have no idea who owned the dogs and asked the proprietor to come forward.

Father Loses Life Protecting Daughter in Dog Attack

In June, The Epoch Times reported on a tragic event where a father lost his life in order to save his daughter after being attacked by a dog.

The Iowa father’s actions saved his 5-year-old daughter’s life from a attack on May 31, according to police.

The incident occurred at a home in Fort Madison. Police said in a statement they were called to the scene of the attack in the morning where they found a large dog attacking a man who was lying on his back on the grass in the front yard.

According to authorities, the dog was acting aggressively had refused to let go of the man, Robert Joseph Quick, prompting police to fire their gun to stop the attack.

While officers tried to stop the dog, they also noticed his 5-year-old daughter suffering from injuries caused by the dog attack. The child had been bitten on the face but had survived.

“Quick had defended his daughter and undoubtedly saved her life by his actions,” the statement said.

Police said EMT had gone through “tremendous effort” to save Quick on the scene but was unsuccessful. He later died in Fort Madison hospital. According to a family GoFundMe account, Quick had suffered a heart attack at the scene by the time medical personnel found him.

The family is currently raising money on the crowdfunding website for Quick’s funeral. As of the time of this publication, the family had reached its goal of $6,000.

Epoch Times reporter Janita Kan contributed to this report