Amazon delivery driver found dead after an apparent dog attack
Source: NBC News
Amazon delivery driver found dead after an apparent dog attack
Deputies in Ray County, Missouri, shot and killed two aggressive dogs after the man's body was found. His wounds were consistent with an animal attack, the sheriff said.
Oct. 25, 2022, 12:34 AM EDT
By Joe Studley
A delivery driver for Amazon was found dead after an apparent animal attack Monday in Missouri, and deputies shot and killed two aggressive dogs, the Ray County sheriff said.
Deputies were called to a home in Excelsior Springs, a town of around 10,000, around 7 p.m. after neighbors reported that an Amazon van had been parked there for several hours, Sheriff Ray Childers said.
A man's body was found in a yard, as were two highly aggressive dogs, he said. Deputies shot and killed the animals. ... The man’s identity was not immediately disclosed. ... The medical examiner will determine the cause of death, Childers said, but the victim's injuries were consistent with being attacked by an animal. ... His family was being notified Monday night, the sheriff said.
The owners of the residence were not home, and it appears they are out of town, Childers said.
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UpInArms
(54,947 posts)That is tragic and criminal on the dog owners part … to leave vicious dogs loose in your yard and go out of town with deliveries to be made is wrong wrong wrong … put a dropbox on the other side of the fence or a sign that refuses any delivery, but don’t have someone think they should enter a yard with “guard” dogs …
randr
(12,644 posts)The problem appears to be escalating. Maybe we should make laws to allow every home to have vicious dogs?
More good dogs with teeth.
John Ludi
(599 posts)a Saturday rural delivery route as a semi-retired fun-thing-to-do (theoretically) for a carrier who will go without mention. It sucked, frankly. It made me want to be an office dweller again.
Out in the rural areas almost everyone has a dog...or several...and sometimes they are VERY territorial and aggressive. I bought dog treats with me everywhere and that worked to make the doggies like me 95% of the time, but there were others that I wouldn't even get out of the truck around...I'd just make a note that said "Dog" and bail. A potentially dangerous and generally high pressure gig between the dogs and the roads and the size and weight and abundance of some of the packages. I no longer wonder why deliveries are sometimes late or show up in odd locations...and it's high on the list of things I'll never do again.
NBachers
(19,429 posts)
wolfie001
(7,640 posts)Baldy Bezos needs to pay his taxes stat!!! 
spike jones
(2,019 posts)
samnsara
(18,767 posts)....dogs are our fur kids, fuzz buddies, and best friends but they are ANIMALS!!!! And whenever one of those oh so cute photos go wrong.....the dog pays the ultimate price.
...for just being a dog...
spike jones
(2,019 posts)
Joinfortmill
(21,117 posts)
Marthe48
(23,150 posts)was attacked by a dog when he tried to deliver a package. He isn't the first delivery person the dog attacked and bit. The last I heard, that address is on a no delivery list.
R.I.P. delivery driver.
lark
(26,074 posts)Sue the owners for every dime possible. They left vicious dogs where they could harm others - they need to pay the price as they effectively murdered this man.
intheflow
(30,173 posts)which begs the question: for how long? How long had it been since the dogs had eaten? I don't let my dogs stay out in my fenced yard when I'm not home. These owner need to be found and held accountable.
samnsara
(18,767 posts)...and a dog door to a kennel when they need to 'go' and im 'gone'. But Good Goddess there are way too many things a dog can do, eat, chew, dig when they are unsupervised.
Aristus
(72,152 posts)You know that's next...
Pas-de-Calais
(10,285 posts)Aristus
(72,152 posts)Amazon employees are required to work under, and the draconian punishments they face.
orangecrush
(30,194 posts)JI7
(93,578 posts)Not sure what type of punishment if any they have received in previous cases of attacks .
CentralMass
(16,964 posts)on the route and a few clueless owners.. I had customers with fenced in yards that would leave their dog(s) out and insisted that I open their gate, walk across their lawn, and put the paper between their front doors. When the owner has to spend 15 minutes with you to show how friendly their dog is it is generally an indication that their dog is a problem. Over the 3 years I had that route I was bitten several times. In a few cases it was getting knipped in the calf while on my bike. In a few other cases on the hand or forearm.
womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)They see his truck and they wag their tails. I’m sure he does it to befriend all the dogs on his route - to hopefully protect himself. My dogs are behind a 6 ft along the side of the house area so he gives them treats thru the fence.
Bengus81
(10,157 posts)This was in the early 80's when there was no such thing as just dropping off a package,all of them required a signature. A home with a fenced front yard had two dogs like in this article. I took the package back to the UPS center and talked to my supervisor. He said if those dogs were out the next day then FUCK EM,bring it back and we'll return it to the shipper as undeliverables.
Yeah,of course the same two dogs were out the next day.............
liberalla
(11,085 posts)What will be the explanation by the owners... how long have they been gone? While they were gone, was someone responsible for their food, water and care? Did that person screw up?
What the hell happened here?
leftyladyfrommo
(20,000 posts)That is all pghly wiggly with all kinds of little old houses that were built wherever. Lots of really sort of uneducated folks living there. Lots of rednecks and big trucks.
This doesn't really surprise me. Everybody thinks they need a mean dog to protect their trash filled property.
Bayard
(29,617 posts)If we are home, the dogs run our front, barking furiously. If we are not home, dogs are always in the house. The Pyrs are huge, with huge barks, and very intimidating if you don't know them. But our front gates are always locked anyway. Drivers leave packages there. We have no problem with that, even if they are very heavy (yesterday--a 5 gallon bucket of linseed oil), and the house is a quarter mile from the gate. We have the gates locked as much for our dogs protection as anything, so no one lets them out.
I'm thinking Amazon is ultimately responsible here. Tell their drivers that if they see a dog inside a fence, even a itsy bitsy cute one, don't go in. Leave the package at the gate. If the dog in not inside a fence, you are dealing with an irresponsible owner and all bets are off. Open the truck door, and throw the package out.
Disaffected
(6,391 posts)leave the package at the gate or, if they are in their vehicle up the driveway, drop the package out the window.
However, a dog(s)'s presence may not be apparent when the driver exits the vehicle as it may be around the house somewhere or come charging out of a dog house or dog door etc.
If I were a driver (which I was once as I used to do injured wildlife captures and pickups), I would drive up, honk the horn, wait a bit and if dogs were present open the door a bit to gauge how friendly there actually were. Even then it was a bit dicey at times as the mood of a dog can change suddenly especially if you approach the house.
If I were doing such work again, I think I would carry bear spray as well.
LisaL
(47,421 posts)When police arrived on the scene, dogs retreated into the house through the doggy door. So these dogs were able to go in and out of the house as they pleased.
LisaL
(47,421 posts)The driver likely didn't even see them in the yard because they could have been in the house until he came to deliver the package.
Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)Don't even go there, especially when we know nothing of the particulars, such as the setting--like if there were a fence, or it the dogs were readily visible.
And so on.
honest.abe
(9,238 posts)Delivery drivers are required to deliver packages to a person's door. If the person's house is "booby trapped" with killer dogs the home owner is clearly responsible. I hope in this situation the home owner is charged with at least manslaughter.
SoBlueInFL
(191 posts)My husband and I were walking a nature trail on Sunday when we met a woman and her three dogs coming towards us. Two of the dogs were on spool leashes and they charged at us and the third dog was unleashed and charged. She quickly reeled in the leashed dogs but not before they got uncomfortably close and the third dog took off running. Her bellowing the dog's name did nothing to make it stop.
That was only the latest instance of rude dog encounters. I can't walk in my own neighborhood because most people walk their dogs off-leash. I'm dead sick of walking into my own front yard and having a dog being walked just charge me out of nowhere.
I love dogs but I often hate their owners. An untrained dog is a danger to others and itself.
wnylib
(25,942 posts)There is a picnic area near a creek and wooded lot on the campus of a local college. The woods have trails for nature walks. I used to go there on summer afternoons for a walk and then a snack at a picnic table, with a book to read. Enjoyed the quiet setting.
One early evening, still light enough to read, a couple Dobermans came barreling out of a woods trail, snarling and headed straight for me. My car was too far away to take cover inside. Then a man and woman appeared behind the dogs and called them back just before they reached me. Fortunately, they were well trained and ran back to their people who put them on leashes. They started walking toward me with the dogs, laughing like it was all a big joke. No apologies. They appeared to enjoy intimidating me.
I did not wait for them to reach me and got into my car. This was before cell phones or I would have immediately called police.
SoBlueInFL
(191 posts)the police, around here I would have ended up on the receiving end of their malice. In NW FL, they would never side with someone complaining about aggressive dogs on a trail. Leash laws are a joke.
Joinfortmill
(21,117 posts)
IcyPeas
(25,467 posts)The dogs were a German shepherd and an English mastiff, NBC affiliate KSHB of Kansas City reported.
catsudon
(904 posts)a ups , usps, or fedex.... but chances are good with amazon due to everyone buying from amazon.
i think doordash / ubereats driver are next because they carry actual food.
MissB
(16,344 posts)My property is fenced and my main pedestrian gate is locked. By “main” I mean the one that nearly everyone recognizes as the gate one would use. UPS and USPS deliver items to that gate, which has a sign that says “leave packages here”. UPS loves my dogs and even my super protective pup likes the current guy.
Amazon can’t seem to figure it out and always tries to come through the gate. I finally decided to have my Amazon packages sent to their nearest hub, though there are a few things they still need to deliver here. I think they’ve actually leaped over the gate before.
FedEx goes to my other unmarked driveway and uses a gate there. So far the dogs have been inside. I track any deliveries that FedEx has for me very carefully. The pedestrian gate is not at all obvious, and I don’t really want to put a sign there.
My dogs aren’t loose in the yard when I’m gone. They’re in kennels inside. My protective pup is also well trained to heel, but frankly I’d rather not find out in the moment of a delivery.
Stories like this bother the heck out of me.
honest.abe
(9,238 posts)What will it take to make people realize owning dogs like this is simply unacceptable? Owners need to be held accountable. At the very least manslaughter charges in situations like this. Maybe that will catch their attention.