73-year-old Jeriline Brady-McGinnis, of Roxbury, died after she was viciously attacked by her dog Monday
inside her home in Boston 's Roxbury neighborhood on Monday afternoon is being remembered as a very generous and very loving person who loved animals.
The dog -- a pit bull mix -- also seriously injured her husband, and bit two officers who responded to the scene, prompting one of them to shoot the canine. The man is expected to survive, and the officers' injuries are considered minor, police said. Three other dogs, also pit bull mixes, were removed from the home, as well, animal control said, and their overall condition is adequate. They are being cared for under the supervision of the city's veterinary medical director.
McGuire, 93, told the Globe she has been renting to Brady-McGinnis and her husband, Leon, for decades. The couple lived in a downstairs apartment with one of their three sons.
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