Crime & Safety

2 Pit Bulls Attack Man Inside Home

A neighbor's two pit bulls tore a chunk out of a man's leg, a caller told police.

A neighbor's two pit bulls attacked a man inside his apartment in North Mission Viejo Thursday morning near the corner of Santa Margarita and Marguerite.

Police were called at 9 a.m. when a man was reportedly bitten in the back of the leg. His wife told police a "chunk of meat was taken out of her husband's leg."

She said the dogs' owners were hiding the animals inside their apartment.

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The police dispatcher said it sounded like the neighbors had been fighting.

The call came from the 21600 block of Marguerite Parkway.

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