This story has been updated.
A 22-year-old Amazon delivery driver sustained facial injuries in a dog bite attack on the South Side on Monday.
His condition as of this afternoon was unclear.
San Antonio Police Department and Animal Care Service investigators on Monday flooded the 200 block of McNarney Street on the South Side after a 4-year-old, unsterilized American Staffordshire Terrier jumped the fence of 231 McNarney St. and attacked the Amazon worker, who had been delivering a package, officials said.
SAPD said the worker placed the package outside the fence when the dog, who was not wearing a collar or leash, jumped the fence and attacked the worker. Although he sustained injuries to his face, the worker was able to call 9-1-1.
He was transported to the hospital in an “unknown condition,” SAPD said.
“The owner came out, rendered aid, got the dog off of the worker, who was so desperate to get away from the dog he jumped on top of a car,” said Nicholas Soliz, an SAPD public information officer at the scene.
ACS spokeswoman Lisa Norwood said the owner was issued four citations and that the dog has been impounded for quarantine. So far, the owner faces no criminal charges, Soliz said.
The attack happened about 9 miles south of where dogs fatally attacked Ramon Najera in February. Two people have died of dog attacks this year. ACS would not confirm how many dog attacks have happened since January, or if there have been other dog bite reports on the same street.
But SAPD said there was no criminal history or incident history for other dog attacks at 231 McNarney St.
“It’s still an active investigation, but the fence was secure. There was nothing negligent. The dog just jumped over the fence,” Soliz said. “The last incident, there was a break in the fence. This one, the dog literally jumped the fence. The driver was just delivering packages.”
Jaime Medina, a resident of the street, said dogs don’t normally roam the neighborhood and that they’re mostly fenced in their homes.
“The dogs are inside the houses. Most of the time, it’s peaceful. I don’t worry about it because it’s never happened. The dog probably got spooked,” he said.
Lawmakers want to increase penalties for repeat offenders by charging owners with a second-degree felony if a dangerous dog causes death. Under the proposed Ramon Najera Act, if an attack causes bodily injury, the owner would face a Class B misdemeanor, or a third-degree felony if serious injury is caused.
