A southeast Washington, D.C. woman was killed at her home Sunday after she was attacked by her dog.

Angela Smith, 55, was found with multiple trauma wounds to her body after police responded to a report of an unconscious female inside a home on Dexter Terrace near the Anacostia Metro Station, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed.

Smith was transported to a local hospital, where she later died.

Human Rescue Alliance, the city’s animal control contractor, confirmed it removed the dog from the home and had it humanely euthanized.


The organization did not note what breed the canine was, but a D.C. police spokesperson told NBC 4 Washington that it was a pit bull.

Smith’s cause of death remains unknown pending the results of an autopsy.

With Wire News Services