New video shows dogs escaping a U-Haul before 4 people were attacked

CHARLOTTE — New video shows the moment several dogs ran from a U-Haul truck before deputies said they attacked several people.

Investigators are trying to track down the owner of the dogs the day after the attack happened Wednesday in a northwest Charlotte neighborhood that hurt four people.

At least one woman is still in the hospital after she was attacked

Channel 9’s Ken Lemon learned a man evicted on Claiborne Woods Road put several dogs in a U-Haul.

Lemon obtained video of the U-Haul running over a speed hump, the back jarring open, and dogs coming running out.

“It could have been life or death,” said neighbor Joseph Correa.

Channel 9 reported on Wednesday that a man with a shovel tried to get seven dogs off his neighbor. That man was Correa.

“She was screaming, ‘Help me, Joe,’ when she saw me, and I have never seen someone in that position, just helpless,” he told Channel 9.

A Mecklenburg County sheriff’s deputy shot one of the dogs. Mecklenburg County Animal Care and Control seized six other dogs but not before they wounded four people, including his neighbor, who was still in the hospital.

Correa went door to door Thursday morning looking for answers.

“If anyone has any information or Ring camera footage, please let us know,” he said.

Lemon obtained video of a U-Haul leaving the home where the eviction happened.

The rear gate was closed. The gate opened when the U-Haul ran over the speed bump and the dogs escaped.

Correa got video of the U-Haul driving away with the rear gate open. He said he had no idea what would happen next.

Seven pit-bull type dogs started attacking people in the neighborhood off Mount Holly-Huntersville Road.

He said he tried to flag down anyone who could help and recalled making eye contact with the U-Haul driver as he tried to stop him.

“I was trying to get people’s attention. I was like, ‘Hey!’” Correa said.

The driver kept going.

Animal Care and Control officers returned to the neighborhood Thursday in search of the dogs’ owner and spent much of the day at the home where the eviction took place.

One of the victims, Angela Johnson, was happy to see the officers. The dogs dragged her to the ground, which resulted in hospitalization.

She wants the owner charged.

“They put a lot of families at risk yesterday. Someone needs to be held accountable,” she said.

No one has been charged yet, and neighbors want accountability.

Neighbors and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy who shot the dog likely saved people’s lives.

North Carolina law requires any dog that has bitten someone to be quarantined for 10 days.

If the dog does not have a current rabies vaccination, it must be quarantined at a shelter or veterinary hospital.

Charlotte also has a review process to determine whether a dog is dangerous.

Owners of dogs deemed dangerous must have secure fencing, liability insurance and warning signs posted on the property.

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