(L.A.) Amelia Yu, 5, Died From Dog Attack in Covina
Case Number: 2024-19214
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a five-year-old Asian female that occurred in a hospital.
The coroner’s office has identified the child as Amelia Yu.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death: Dog Mauling
RIP AMELIA YU (May 26, 2019 – December 8, 2024)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 1:23 p.m.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in a gated community in the 2500 block of Palomino Drive in Covina at around noon.
They learned that a five-year-old child had been attacked by the two family dogs in the backyard of the home.
L.A. County Fire paramedics transported the girl to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The dogs responsible for the attack are a 10-year-old Rottweiler and a six-year-old Rottweiler mix. Two other dogs live at the home – and all four pets were removed.
Investigators say the girl had lived with the dogs in the home all of her life with no prior reported incidents.