Deputies: 2 dogs kill SC woman, injure owner

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies say two dogs have mauled a woman to death and injured their owner.

Capt. Cliff Arnette says a woman was attacked in her front yard Thursday afternoon in Dillon, a city off Interstate 95 about 100 miles northeast of Columbia.

Arnette says the Rottweilers’ owner tried to save the woman when at least one of the dogs attacked him. He says deputies shot the two dogs after the animals continued to swarm responders trying to help.

The woman’s name has not been released, and Arnette says investigators don’t know why the dogs attacked her.

The owner was taken to a hospital. Arnette did not know the extent of his injuries.