Man Injured In Pit Bull Attack

INDIANAPOLIS -- Just days after a 3-year-old girl was mauled by a pit bull, another dog attack has injured a 61-year-old man.

Ed Stanley said he was checking around an investment property he had just bought in the 800 block of Gray Road when two pit bulls charged, trapping him in a corner.

"The smaller dog was working this leg and he got me -- several bites here," Stanley said.

Neighbors called for help as the dogs tore at Stanley's flesh, 6News' Ericka Flye reported.

"It seemed like it was about 10 hours fighting them off, but it was probably about two or three minutes," Stanley said.

As Stanley bled, officers fire shots at one of the pit bulls. The dog went down, but then got up and ran.

"(They) shot the dog three times and he was still running. Eventually, it took a man with a shotgun to bring him down," Stanley said.

The other pit bull got away.

A neighbor who didn't want to be identified said vicious dogs run loose in the area. She owns a pit bull, but said she treats her animal with care.

"It's according to how you raise them," the woman said.

"They're (pit bulls) getting a bad rap," said Mark Miller, another neighbor. "There are some bad owners, but it's the owners, not the dog. Put the owners in jail."

Another neighbor, Gary Sayer, said he worries about his granddaughter being outside with dogs running loose.

"She's our pride and joy. So, we don't want anything to happen to her," Sayer said.

Stanley said he just doesn't want what happened to him to happen to others.

"I think if you've got them … just have a big fence, a big, strong fence," Stanley said.

The dogs' owners have not been found.