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A 71-year-old woman was killed in a suspected dog attack early Monday morning in Miami Gardens, according to police.

The dog attack left a family grieving and neighbors shaken as authorities searched the area for the animals involved.

Family members identified the victim as Doreen Richards. Her daughter said she was walking to work in the area of Northwest 196th Street and 14th Court, when she was attacked by more than one dog.

"She's always walking to work like she always does," her daughter said. "They're always attacking her. She even [carried] a stick."

Police said Richards was found behind Norwood Elementary with multiple dog bites. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced her dead at the scene.

Witness accounts

Viviana Vargas, who was staying at an Airbnb nearby, said she heard dogs barking early in the morning and thought they were fighting.

"What I heard was dogs, and we thought it was a fight," Vargas said. "There was a special sound that said some dog is dying, but I never imagined it was a person."

She said it was an unusual noise and never imagined a person was involved.

Other neighbors also expressed concern. "It's very concerning," one resident said. "Not just for me, but we have a school right here and kids."

CoronaVirusPro:
Someone going to jail and family about to earn some good cash.

Esthered:
71 years old in Nigeria don't work. Even when they own businesses, they're asked to take the back seat and rest.

Stayingalive:
What are you smoking actually?
Or where you trying to mention another country?

Stayingalive:
What are you smoking actually?
Or where you trying to mention another country?

crestedaguiyi:
Who employs a 71 year old in Nigeria, the suffering and hard times over the years would have broken the person at that age

Chemical1:
I'm a man but i dey fear those big dogs like mad, I don't want to hear any thing like sorry...

Esthered:
71 years old in Nigeria don't work. Even when they own businesses, they're asked to take the back seat and rest.

Esthered:
71 years old in Nigeria don't work. Even when they own businesses, they're asked to take the back seat and rest.

CoronaVirusPro:
Someone going to jail and family about to earn some good cash.

frankson1:
If life was that easy in the "saner clime", at 71, she should have retired and stayed home to enjoy her old age.

Stayingalive:
Except you're coming from that angle but even at that, with the current hardship in Nigeria, it is best to assume every age still work in Nigeria.

The missing piece in Nigeria is we don't have data, we don't keep any. So most of our knowledge is heresay or just basic assumption based on past experience which may or may not be relevant to current realities

Esthered:
71 years old in Nigeria don't work. Even when they own businesses, they're asked to take the back seat and rest.