Moment when police opened fire on the “out of control” XL Bully that attacked passersby and injured a woman

Injuries and deaths following attacks by XL bully dogs

Jonathan Halstead, 35 – January 29, 2020

Jonathan died from a severe neck injury and bites after being attacked by his Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Bronson, at his home in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

It is believed that the dog attacked him when his owner suffered an epileptic seizure.

Jack Lis, 10 – 8 November 2021

Ten-year-old schoolboy Jack Lis suffered catastrophic injuries after being attacked by an XL American Bully dog ​​named Beast while visiting a friend’s house in Penyrheol, Caerphilly, Wales, on November 8, 2021.

Neighbours and paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service tried desperately to save him, but he died at the scene. Armed police killed the dog on the spot.

Adam Watts, 55 – December 22, 2021

Adam Watts, 55, was attacked at Juniper Kennels and Cattery in Kirkton of Auchterhouse, near Dundee, and was pronounced dead at the scene on December 22, 2021.

Bella-Rae Birch, 17 months – March 21, 2022

Toddler Bella-Rae Birch was attacked by her family’s dog, an American Bully XL, when she was just 17 months old.

The vicious dog snatched the child from the mother’s arms on March 21 last year while the pair were at their home in Blackbrook, St Helens, Merseyside.

Kevin Jones, 62 – May 28, 2022

Keven Jones died after being attacked by an American Bully XL dog in Wrexham, Wales, on May 28 last year.

Paramedics tried to save him but could not stop the bleeding from his left leg.

After the attack, Mr Jones was pronounced dead at his son’s home.

Joanne Robinson, 43 – July 15, 2022

Mother of two Joanne Robinson, 43, was killed by her American Bully XL dog Rocco in July last year after he “went mad in the extreme heat.”

She died at the scene of the crime at her home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Her partner Jamie Stead suffered injuries to his hands, stomach and face when he tried to pull the animal away from her.

Joanne’s mother Dot, from Wath-upon-Dearne in South Yorkshire, revealed at the time that Rocco had previously fought with her other dog, Lola – and she had warned her daughter to “get rid of either of them”.

Ian Symes, 34 – August 2022

Ian “Wiggy” Symes, 34, who was believed to have been walking a beefy XL dog on a sports field in Fareham, Hampshire, died at the scene of a horrific dog attack in August 2022.

His devastated family said he was “doing something he loved” when he died in the field in Fareham, Hampshire.

Ann Dunn, 65 – October 3, 2022

Ann Dunn, 65, was found collapsed with “catastrophic injuries” in her Liverpool home, which she shared with seven dogs, on October 3 last year.

She was bitten to death by dogs, including an American Bully XL, and had been hospitalized for being bitten by a dog a year before her death.

Shirley Patrick, 83 – December 3, 2022

Widowed grandmother Shirley Patrick, 83, died after being brutally beaten by an XL bully in her own home.

The retired nurse died in hospital 17 days after suffering “life-threatening injuries” in the “hellish” and “brutal” dog attack in Caerphilly, south Wales, on December 3 last year.

Jonathan Hogg, 37 – 18 May 2023

Jonathan Hogg, 37, was bitten to death by an XL American bully dog ​​when it turned on him while he was babysitting for a friend.

When it attacked him, he entered the pen and suffered bite wounds to his arm, leg and head, an investigation revealed.

He was taken to hospital but succumbed to injuries sustained in the attack on May 18 this year in Leigh, Greater Manchester.

Ian Price, 52 – 14 September 2023

On Thursday 14 September, 52-year-old Ian Price, a ‘pillar of society’, was attacked and killed by two vicious XL bully dogs after they jumped out of his neighbour’s window in Stonnall, Staffordshire.

Mr Price was attacked and killed by the two dogs, who jumped out of a neighbour’s window just metres from a primary school. He reportedly died defending his elderly mother from the animals.

The dogs bit him and tore his clothes off, leaving him dying in a pool of blood in his boxer shorts just a few meters from his home.

Ian Langley, 54 – October 3, 2023

Ian Langley, 54, was attacked on the Sunderland estate on October 3 this year by a huge bully who grabbed him by the neck as he bent down to pick up his Patterdale terrier puppy.

After the attack, Mr Langley required CPR for approximately 15 minutes while emergency services attempted to stop the severe bleeding from his wounds. He succumbed to his injuries.