ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — The investigation continues tonight on the death of a Schenectady man attacked and killed by a pack of dogs in Albany.
Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins says the department is working closely with the District Attorney’s office to determine whether criminal charges will be filed against the owner or whether the case will be resolved in civil court.
On Wednesday, 59-year-old James Provost was mauled to death by eight or nine mixed-breed pit bulls in the backyard of an Albany home.
“I think it’s going to be very complicated,” saidTully Rinckey lawyer Eugene Welch. “Theoretically it is a criminally negligent homicide case, which means that somebody knew that there was a risk and did nothing to stop the risk resulting in someone’s death.”
According to police, the attack happened in the backyard next door to where the dogs were housed.
The dogs’ owner, a woman of Cohoes, did not live at either home and a caregiver, a man, arrived after the attack to put the dogs away.
