A Florida man whose service dog was killed by an alligator last week committed suicide after the attack, distraught relatives and neighbors said.
Andrew Epp, who had struggled with mental health issues, took his own life Saturday, one day after his chocolate lab, Java, died after being attacked by an alligator at Dog Leg Park in Palmetto, WFLA reports.
“It was just such a sad situation, he couldn’t deal with it,” one of Epp’s neighbors and family friends, Kayla Weston, told the station.
Witnesses said the deadly attack took place shortly before dusk on May 17 after the dog somehow got loose while outside a fence. Moments later, the lifeless lab was slumped over a man’s shoulders while covered in blood, one witness said.
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Andrew Epp, who had struggled with mental health issues, took his own life Saturday, one day after his chocolate lab, Java, died after being attacked by an alligator at Dog Leg Park in Palmetto, WFLA reports.
“It was just such a sad situation, he couldn’t deal with it,” one of Epp’s neighbors and family friends, Kayla Weston, told the station.
Witnesses said the deadly attack took place shortly before dusk on May 17 after the dog somehow got loose while outside a fence. Moments later, the lifeless lab was slumped over a man’s shoulders while covered in blood, one witness said.
Full Story:
https://nypost.com/2019/05/24/man-commits-suicide-after-his-service-dog-is-killed-by-alligator/