Suburban firefighter mauled to death by mastiff had just taken in the dog
A
far west suburban firefighter was mauled to death in her home by a 130-
to 140-pound dog she and her husband had just taken in to
avoid it
being put down, authorities said.
Dawn Brown, a firefighter with
the Bristol-Kendall Fire Department and a paramedic with the Big Rock
Fire District, was found dead at the bottom of the basement stairs in
her Big Rock home Monday afternoon.
The Kane County sheriff’s
department revealed Tuesday that Brown hadn’t fallen. Her mastiff — one
of three dogs in the home — killed her.
After authorities
arrived, it took four officers to get the mastiff under control to
remove it from the house, Kane County Sheriff’s Lt. Pat Gengler said.
The dog was “all muscle, very intimidating” but had no history of being aggressive, he said.
