They're like I don't know what to do. >> Watch that dog here. >> Three of them. >> Back up. BACK UP. >> A sergeant is caught in a terrifying encounter as three dogs stand between first responders and the victim of their brutal attack. In the chaotic aftermath, the question becomes who the victim is and whether help came too late. >> They were guarding. >> Oh my god, dudes. The following is based on official police records, and the footage has never been seen before until now. After 400 p.m. on November 21st, 2025, dispatchers in Tyler, Texas receive a panicked call to 911. >> I showed up at my boyfriend's house TO TAKE THE UM THE DOGS OUT IN THE BACKYARD AND I kept hearing the neighbor's dogs just screaming at the fence cuz their face is kind of messed up. But now I'm looking through the hole and they're literally I think they're they're mauling at them. I think that's the neighbor. He's on the floor and he's not he's not talking back. I don't know if it's a girl or >> a guy, but my neighbor's a guy, so I'm guessing his name, but they're like falling at him. I don't know what to do. >> Ma'am, I'm too scared to go over there. Oh my god, the hair is short. I'm guessing it's a man, but honestly, it looks like they have leggings on. I don't know. It's >> Do you still hear the dogs? They're like I don't know like whining sometimes and then it gets silent and then they're whining again. >> All right. Um well did do you hear your neighbor at all? Is are they saying anything? >> No. I mean I yelled but Oh my god. I'm I'm praying. I'm just I don't know. I hope that what I saw wasn't what I saw. Maybe it's just big old toy. A big big humanized toy. I don't know. >> All right. Well, the deputies and uh ambulance should be headed there shortly. Okay. Just call back on 911 if anything changes. >> Okay. You know how long? >> I I don't have an ETA. They weren't that far, so they're getting there as quickly as they can. >> A sergeant with the Smith County Sheriff's Office arrives just behind the local fire department, and together they rush toward the sounds of barking coming from the backyard. I think he's dead. Watch out here. >> Three of them. They're right here. HEY, SHOOT THEM. >> But with the victims sprawled out beneath the dogs, firing his weapon is too much of a risk. Instead, the sergeant runs to a gate on the other side of the house and radios for backup. >> 22. 22. Where you at? >> Be there in about 2 minutes. >> Knowing the victim may not have 2 minutes, he quickly decides to go in alone. County, you copy traffic. >> Hey, left fire. Now I've got the gate open on the other side, but the dogs are maul in the body. Hey, where are they at? WHERE ARE YOUR PEOPLE? THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE ON THE FENCE. Still the fence. >> Yeah. >> Back up. BACK UP. >> The dog charges the sergeant and he opens fire, striking him multiple times. When it fails to stop him, he fires once more and the dog collapses against the pavement. The sergeant keeps his gun aimed at a second dog who sniffs his fallen companion. >> You need another unit. >> Dude, they were all eating on him. >> I know, but we >> if we can get to them, >> we've got to get EMS care to >> get them there. That's nine shots fired in the air on me. I have got an open door back here. They're good to pull him. Yes. Back up. Don't do it. I can't find the door. >> You close the door so we can see. >> I'm working on it. Door's closed. Yeah. >> With one dog dead and the other two secured inside the house, backup finally arrives and joins the fire department as they work to pull the victim through to the other side of the broken fence. >> Don't pull the fence down. Don't pull it. There's still dogs. >> Okay. >> Cutting the board right here. There's nail caught catching. I got I got it. Yeah. Oh, nail. >> All right. >> We're out. >> We're good. The victim, who appears to be a young woman, shows no sign of consciousness. Her body is severely mauled with deep gaping wounds on her arms and legs. While paramedics get to work, the deputy joins the sergeant in the backyard. >> So, that door was open. There's two other dogs inside. That one came after me when I opened the gate. The other one came running up to him, but took off inside. >> Okay. I do not know if there was anybody else in the house. I have no idea. Given the 911 caller assumed the victim was the male owner of the dogs, the sergeant quickly locates her with an urgent question. >> Hey, does he live alone? >> I don't know these cars. I see a gray car, a silver car show up and it's a guy and a wife and like a kid. >> Okay, >> that's all I've ever seen. >> Okay. Does he live alone? The guy here is the one that had all the dogs. >> But that was a lady lived there with a baby and they got to fight over the dog before. >> It's Is it about a dog? >> Yeah, >> I know it is. I know. >> It's about three dogs. >> I know. >> Three pit bulls. >> He This one owned the dogs and they're mean dogs. >> Well, I'm very aware. >> They were mean dogs. >> I Yeah, I heard them fighting about >> They weren't fighting. They were attacking. >> No, about a month ago. >> Okay. And the woman and the man having a confrontation. >> Who owns the dogs over here? >> Some lady has a baby that lives over their home. >> Do you know what she drives? >> I don't know anybody. >> Do you know what she drives? The cars you've seen? >> Scary. Are they baby? >> I don't know. >> Oh my god. >> Fearing they may have just trapped the two remaining dogs inside with a helpless baby, the sergeant and deputy armed themselves with rifles and returned to the house. >> All right. Well, let's go find the baby locked. >> Good. >> Yep. >> We're going to clear the house. There's a lady and a baby who's supposed to live here. >> Dog. >> Unexpectedly, a voice calls out over the home security system. Okay. >> We're not off. We're out of the state right now. >> Who's supposed to be taking care of your dogs? >> Our babysitter. >> Who's your babysitter? >> Her name is Madison. >> Okay. Where's the baby? >> She's with us. >> She's with us. She is just taking care of our dogs while they're out of state. >> Okay. So, there's nobody here. There's no one here. >> The sergeant instructs the couple to call the sheriff's office in the hopes they can confirm the victim's identity. In the meantime, he heads back to the neighbor's house to ease her concerns. >> They're out of town. So, them and the baby, everybody's out of town. >> Oh, thank God. Thank you Jesus. Good. >> But the person they hired to come take care of the dogs got mauled. >> That's awesome. >> And we were not able to get to her before. >> I understand, honey. It's hard. >> But see, I knew that them dogs have been fighting. >> Yeah. Uh-huh. >> But it wasn't a little bitty though. >> No, they were none of them are little bitty. Uh there's one less of them now because they charged after me. >> They had to. But honey, I don't blame you. >> Meanwhile, the other deputy speaks with the 911 caller who grapples with the emotional aftershock. >> I couldn't tell what I could see. I was just freaking out. >> Yeah. No, I I that's understandable. >> And I was like, I hope I'm wrong, but I still called either way. But >> no, you you did good. You did the right couldn't keep looking if it was >> Yeah. >> And and I'm a nurse so I feel bad cuz I could have I don't know maybe I could have done something but I was too scared to go. >> Calling us was the only thing that you could have done otherwise you know it would have been bad for you. So >> Right. That's why I was scared. I was like I can't go up there. >> Yeah. So yeah calling us was the right thing. >> Across the street the sergeant learns more about the dog's history. >> But I've heard dog fighting before. This ain't the first time. >> And it's between this house and this house. >> I wonder if they weren't going at each other. Do you know if they know what kind of dogs they have? Cuz all these are like pitbulls. >> Oh, it's their pit bulls. I knew I saw a pitbull out the driveway one day. >> Well, >> well then it's them. >> I'm so sorry, baby. >> It happens. >> Yeah. >> The dog's owners, Wilbert and Addison, finally reach a deputy by phone, and the heartbreaking truth of the girl's identity is fully revealed. >> Okay. Where are you located at right now, sir? Uh, >> we're currently in Oklahoma. >> We're on our way back, though. >> Okay. Um, who is supposed to be here to care for the animals? >> Uh, her name is Madison Hull. Uh, she's just supposed to like go over there every couple hours and just check on them, but um we haven't been able to get in contact with her yet. >> Madison Hull. She's supposed to take care of the dogs. Okay. About how old is she? >> How old is she? >> She's 23. >> 23. >> Yes, she has to call there and she's going to college to be a teacher, though. I'm not sure which college she goes to. >> Yeah. The dog broke down probably about 2:00 in the afternoon and I texted her and we haven't received a response, but I mean I think she's in class. >> The couple would later explain they met the college student, 23-year-old Madison Riley Hall, after posting an ad for a babysitter on Facebook. Madison had been babysitting their three children, all under the age of 5 years old, for the last 2 months, and they recently asked her to look after their three dogs while they were out of town. What the deputy doesn't reveal is that their description of Madison matches the victim who is lying on the ground after a brutal attack carried out by the family's own beloved pets. >> She lift they're trying right now. They're they got the machine pressing her doing the compressions and they're going to hit her with a couple epies. And >> we haven't really evaluated her back. I mean like like right before y'all got here we just got her drug and she was she was face down. Say what? >> They were garden. >> Oh my god, dudes. >> You think she had been back there for a while or something? Or >> I mean not that old cuz she was still not she wasn't cold and she was still able to move her, you know. >> Oh, okay. >> Everything that we were working, but they all three had her right here. >> Just mans. Despite their best efforts, there's nothing the paramedics can do as Madison's injuries are far too severe. She's pronounced deceased on the scene and the sergeant calls in to his superiors with an update. >> Well, there is uh one less alive dog and also unfortunately one less alive dog sitter. I don't know. I'm not willing to sit in the house and talk over a ring cam over some dogs that just ate somebody. So, pretty sure I broke my foot though. like a ran was running and hit a hole. >> Wilbert and Addison later told investigators their three dogs named Bod, Lola, and Afghani were not known to be aggressive, though Lola could be quote territorial. Addison shared that Madison would often watch the dogs and children at the same time. And on several occasions, they would come home to find one or more of the dogs cuddling with Madison on the couch. >> Now, it looked like, I'll be real, looks like a man because the bodies are still torn up. You're probably to leave the house out. >> Yeah. For more >> down there. Yeah. >> For more. Yeah. >> Investigators later visited Madison's mother in person, giving her the most devastating news a parent could receive. Her mother showed them a video Madison sent several days earlier in which she spoke about the size of the dogs, noting one of them weighed more than 100 pounds. In the video, Madison described the dog as quote defiant. >> So, I don't know why they did what they did. I bet they did it over food and she tried to break up the fight. They got it. >> Well, they saw you put the one down and they went, "I don't want that." >> Oh, boy. >> Yeah, cuz the real big one backed off. >> That we went inside >> the mean looking one. >> According to police records, the last message Madison sent was to her boyfriend at 12:16 p.m. letting him know she was on her way to check on the dogs. The couple reviewed their home security cameras, noting that at 1:13 p.m., one of the dogs can be seen inside the home with blood on his side. Addison assumed that two of the dogs had gotten into a fight, but the truth was far more devastating. Unfortunately, the home cameras did not record anything that could clarify what happened, but given the timeline, investigators assumed the attack began roughly 3 hours before the 911 call. >> Yeah. Now, when I talked to the neighbor girl that actually called 911, she never heard like her calling for help or anything like that. She just heard the dogs fight over each other, >> her fight each other over her. Yeah. >> Cuz maybe she was attacked and she was laying there and every time she tried to get up, they would probably guard her. They would so she just stayed there laying there slowly. >> According to police records, the sergeant received treatment at the hospital for a minor injury to his foot. As for the remaining dogs, they were later seized and euthanized. Following a joint review by a Smith County Sheriff's Office investigator and the assistant district attorney, authorities determined that the dog's owners had not violated any criminal statutes because they did not act with criminal negligence. The case was closed. Madison's mom created a GoFundMe to cover burial expenses, raising over $19,000. In the fundraiser, she shared that Madison was 6 months away from earning her bachelor's degree in early childhood education from the University of Tyler, adding that her daughter, quote, "loved life with her whole heart and moved through the world with a free spirit that lifted those around her.