Crime & Public Safety
Two people injured in Ocklawaha dog attack; dogs secured by authorities
Marion County Fire Rescue reports two people were injured in a dog attack at a home in Ocklawaha. Crews responded to a residence on Southeast 79th Street Road near Ocklawaha after calls of an animal bite, finding a man and a woman with bite injuries.
According to responding units, fire rescue crews arrived around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday and treated both patients at the scene. One person was flown to the hospital by a UF Health ShandsCair helicopter; the second patient also went to the hospital for treatment. The incident was initially dispatched as a reported animal bite at the cited SE 79th Street Road location.
Marion County Animal Services and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office were on scene and secured the dogs involved, per agency reports. Those are agency actions documented in the responding reports; no further medical details, charges, or ownership information have been released in the material provided.
The incident remains under active handling by local authorities. Published reports describe the situation as developing; agencies have not provided additional case outcomes, criminal allegations, or public-safety advisories in the source material.
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