"He was all chewed up:" Man reportedly killed by Rottweiler he had adopted hours earlier

JACKSON, Tennessee -- A Tennessee man was reportedly killed last week by a dog he had just adopted a few hours earlier.

57-year-old Anthony Riggs adopted the five-year-old Rottweiler last Thursday, November 12th from Jackson-Madison County Rabies Control, the Jackson Sun reports.

When Riggs' wife came home from work that afternoon, she found her husband dead.

A family friend said the dog bit her and Riggs’ wife before running out of the house.

When police arrived, the dog was shot on site.

“The husband was all chewed up,” Madison County Sheriff’s Dept. spokesman Tom Mapes told The Huffington Post. “There was blood everywhere. The sheriff’s report said was found ‘mortally wounded on the floor from the dog attack.'”

Teresa Sanchez says she was also there when they found Riggs.

“It was unreal what that dog did and he should NEVER have been adopted out -- period,” Sanchez said according to the Jackson Sun.

A necropsy will be performed on the dog to check for signs of rabies or other disease.

The director of the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department, says the Rottweiler that killed Anthony Riggs showed no signs of aggression while at the Rabies Control center.

“We by no means would adopt an animal out that showed any signs of aggression,” Tedford told the Jackson Sun.

“I don’t believe what they said. I just don’t,” Rigg's ex-wife told the Jackson Sun. “A docile dog does not turn in three hours and kill somebody. Something was wrong.”