An 85-year-old Indiana pastor has reportedly died after saving his wife and granddaughter from two stray pit bulls that viciously mauled him.
Holly Watkins, the granddaughter of the late Pastor William Mundine of Faith Tabernacle Apostolic Church in Indianapolis, said her grandfather endured 25 minutes of a vicious attack by a group of pit bulls that came into the family’s backyard last Tuesday morning.
“It was just horrifying, scary,” Watkins told PEOPLE. “I’ve never seen him like that. I will never forget those cries.”
Watkins recalled that the attack happened when the two dogs approached her, Betty Mundine, her grandmother, and Willie, her grandfather in their backyard.
At first, they approached Betty, the pastor’s wife, but Mundine quickly intervened attempting to shoo them away. Watkins and Betty ran into the house for safety.
Watkins told the Christian Post that she expected her grandfather to return to the house quickly, but then she heard his screams.
“We looked out the window and he was getting attacked,” Watkins said.
“I tried to go out there with a bat and say, ‘git!’ They looked at me, them dogs, and they just kept attacking him. My grandma tried to [help]. She called the ambulance. 911.
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