{"id":192775,"date":"2025-12-07T17:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/police-responding-to-pit-bull-mauling-in-tennessee-find-grandfather-and-infant-dead-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:36:10","slug":"police-responding-to-pit-bull-mauling-in-tennessee-find-grandfather-and-infant-dead-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/police-responding-to-pit-bull-mauling-in-tennessee-find-grandfather-and-infant-dead-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Police responding to pit bull mauling in Tennessee find grandfather and infant dead &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>A grandfather and his infant granddaughter were pronounced dead after authorities in Tennessee found pit bulls mauling the 3-month-old girl, officials said.<br \/>The district attorney general\u2019s office for Tennessee\u2019s 14th Judicial District said in a news release Wednesday that authorities are still trying to determine the cause of death for James Alexander Smith, 50, and his granddaughter, and whether the mauling occurred after they were already dead.<br \/>The prosecutor\u2019s office said it isn\u2019t clear if criminal charges will be filed in the case.<br \/>The apparent attack occurred at a residential address in Tullahoma, roughly 75 miles southeast of Nashville. Responding police officers killed the dogs to stop the attack, according to the release.<br \/>\u201cRegrettably, it was obvious that both victims were deceased,\u201d the release states.<br \/>District Attorney Craig Northcutt said the dogs stayed at the home where the mauling occurred but it wasn\u2019t clear whom they belonged to.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/2025\/12\/04\/police-investigating-after-grandfather-baby-found-dead-during-dog-mauling-tullahoma\/\" target=\"_blank\">NBC affiliate WSMV of Nashville reported<\/a> that the animals were among seven pit bulls that lived there.<br \/>A neighbor, Rebecca Adams, told the station that dogs routinely escaped from the family\u2019s yard and chased other neighborhood pets. But she said she\u2019d never seen them be aggressive toward people, the station reported.<br \/>The district attorney general\u2019s office said investigators are examining the animals\u2019 history and \u201cother potential issues that may have contributed to this situation.\u201d<br \/>According to the release, the other dogs in the home were taken by the local animal control agency.<br \/>Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNdkMwRmhPNmJNWDFGUVl4N21wSncyUVhEaEI4dEFZTUpQNEFHelowdkhHM1UtQzR0MFhsUFpRQlBJWFY1RFBncUpxMUc4Mkt2QkszaTlZbldSdnJJdnBIR1VVRGU4TlJtTzl3eDhMNzJHb19QR1EwY1p4R2NZVS1qYnVFWUZxVTR1VFB0VnVyeE9TQ3Z0VnZ0TWlFMk4weDRNM1h6b3pFSmVxeFR4dHBRbWJZMzFqdDlwZUHSAVZBVV95cUxNanB0UFRvejF1Ri14VDgxcjh5REVUTk9TZml0Q1R2c3JvSFBwb2kxcVl1c0lHZXpZRGxuVkhiZ2V3M3hVdFp0Uml4UTJCY1ozTkd1dmdpdw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeA grandfather and his infant granddaughter were pronounced dead after authorities in Tennessee found pit bulls mauling the 3-month-old girl, officials said.The district attorney general\u2019s office for Tennessee\u2019s 14th Judicial District said in a news release Wednesday that authorities are still trying to determine the cause of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-192775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}