CHER CALVIN AND HI THERE I'M COURTNEY FRIEL IN TONIGHT FOR MICHAEL COLEMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. OUR TOP STORY AT 5 O'CLOCK. >> A PIT BULL BREEDER IS SAVAGELY MAULED TO DEATH BY THE VERY DOGS, HE WAS RAISING IN COMPTON, HIS MUTILATED BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A BLOOD STAINED KENNEL ON HIS PROPERTY. KTLA IS CHRIS WELCH JOINS US LIVE FROM DOWNEY WITH DETAILS ABOUT THE GRUESOME DISCOVERY CHRIS. >> YES, SHARON COURT GRUESOME DISCOVERY INDEED. VETERINARIANS HERE AT THE LA COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER IN DOWNEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE PIT BULLS WE UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE BEEN SENT OUT FOR DNA TESTING. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE VICTIM WAS ACTUALLY KILLED SOMETIME LAST NIGHT MAYBE AROUND 07:38PM AND HIS BODY ORTH THORS COMPTON INVESTIGATORS SAY THE WOMAN DISCOVERED THE GRUESOME SCENE FRIDAY MORNING IN THE BACKYARD AND CALLED 911. >> THERE IS SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT OR OR YOU KNOW SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT OUR VICTIM WAS IN THE BACKYARD, APPARENTLY FEEDING THEM. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ATTACKED HIM AND HE SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FIREFIGHTERS AND LA COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS QUICKLY CONVERGED AT THE LOCATION. >> FIRST RESPONDERS SAY THE INITIAL CHALLENGE WAS TO CORRAL THE DOGS INTO A NEIGHBORING YARD TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE VICTIM. THE GRAPHIC FOOTAGE WHICH WE WILL NOT BE REVEALING SHOWS THE DOGS RIPPED OFF MOST OF THE 35 YEAR-OLD MAN'S CLOTHES. IN ADDITION TO FATALLY BITING AND MAULING HIM, NEIGHBORS AND ANIMAL ADVOCATES ARE STUNNED. >> PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF THE DOGS. COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THESE DOGS CAN CAUSE SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. >> THIS TIME IT HAPPENED TO THE OWNER OF THE DOGS BUT NORMALLY CAMPUS CHILDREN ELDERLY DEFENSELESS PEOPLE AS SOMEBODY DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF LAW AND ORDER YEAR. >> ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS REMOVED 13 PIT BULLS FROM THE PROPERTY MALE AND FEMALE 5 ADULTS. PUPPIES INVESTIGATORS ARE COLLECTING DNA SWABS AND FORENSIC EVIDENCE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHICH DOGS ACTUALLY ATTACKED AND KILLED THE VICTIM EXPERTS WILL BE EXAMINING THE DOGS GENERAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR AND AGGRESSION. IF ANY ANIMALS DETERMINED TO BE UNSAFE FOR HUMAN INTERACTION. IT WILL BE EUTHANIZED. AND ONE MAN WHO DOES A LOT OF PLUMBING WORK IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TELLS US THAT HE HAS SEEN SOME PIT BULLS. >> RUNNING LOOSE IN THE STREETS AND THAT QUOTE THEY ARE NOT TO BE MESSED