Overview
- The attack at a home on Willis Pearson Avenue in Bilston, reported around 11:30pm Wednesday, left a woman in her 70s dead at the scene.
- Officers arrested a 37-year-old on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing death, and he was treated in hospital for hand injuries.
- Police said both dogs were humanely destroyed after showing continued aggression and are not believed to be a banned breed.
- Detectives say the inquiry is ongoing and ask anyone with information to contact West Midlands Police quoting log 6073 of 15 April.
- Local reports named the victim as Carol Hall, 78, as tributes were laid, and safety groups note this follows other recent fatal attacks with RoSPA citing a rise to 20 dog-bite deaths in 2023 and 12,423 hospital treatments in 2023–24.