Dog Attack San Antonio Video: The Brutal Killing Of An 81-Year-Old

Publish date: 2024-05-07

The dog attack in the San Antonio video has caused shock and outrage across the country.

A video taken by Silvia Hernandez allegedly shows the dogs “circling” the male victim, who lay face down on the ground. 

The video has since been taken down “out of respect for the family,” Hernandez said on Facebook.

The couple, an 81-year-old husband, Ramon Najera, died, and a 74-year-old wife, Juanita Najera, was critically injured after being attacked by two American Staffordshire terriers in San Antonio, Texas. 

The incident occurred on Friday afternoon when the victims got out of their car in front of a relative’s home. 

When the victims arrived at the house, the person they would see wasn’t home. They were returning to their car when the dogs came running toward them. 

While witnesses called 911, a bystander grabbed a rake and tried to get the dogs off the male victim, but the dogs ended up attacking the bystander. 

The dogs had escaped their yard near the relative’s home. 

The Najeras and an EMS Captain who was injured while trying to stop the attack were transported to a local hospital for their injuries. 

Christian Alexander Moreno, 31, has been arrested in connection with the attack and faces felony charges of attack by a dangerous dog causing death and injury to an elderly person, San Antonio police said in a statement on Facebook. 

Moreno is currently in custody with a bond of $75,000 for the charge of attack by a dangerous dog causing death and $50,000 for the injury to an elderly individual charge. 

All three dogs connected to the attack were euthanized.

San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said the attack continued when a fire crew responded to a dog bite call. 

The crew witnessed a gentleman being dragged by a dog and saw him completely bloodied before they got out of the fire truck. 

According to San Antonio Animal Care Services, the dogs were American Staffordshire terriers, one of several breeds that falls under the broader pit bull classification. 

Two of the dogs were confirmed to have participated in the attack, while the third was free of restraint. 

All three dogs were in the custody of Animal Care Services and have since been euthanized.

According to Animal Care Services, the same animals were the subject of a previous complaint. “These animals were involved in a previous fight two years ago,” said Director Shannon Sims, adding that the agency could not prevent their release because the victim declined to file an affidavit regarding the attack.

San Antonio Fire Department EMS members arrived at the scene and tried to fight the dogs off with pickaxes and poles. 

“This is not something normal for us,” said Chief Hood. “We usually don’t show up and have to defend patients from animals or ourselves.” 

The Bexar County Medical Examiner identified the male victim as Ramon Najera, 81. His family also placed him on social media and in a GoFundMe created to help defray funeral costs. “I’m still trying to understand how this could happen,” Najera’s stepson, Carlos Gomez, wrote on Facebook.

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