Neighbors pray for Blytheville woman attacked by dogs

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BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (WREG) — An Arkansas woman is being treated after she was attacked by three dogs in her own backyard Saturday.

Police aren't giving specifics about who owned the dogs, but two of them reportedly were shot at the scene. Neighbors said they knew the victim, but she has not been officially identified by police.

"I've never, in the 34 years that we've lived here, ever thought anything like that could happen, neighbor Vivian Camp said.

Camp's first indication of trouble in the neighborhood was the sound of gunfire.

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"I was in my house and I heard these shots. I mean it's nothing to hear couple of shots every once in a while in this area," she said.

She had no idea that gunfire was someone shooting two of three dogs attacking her neighbor in the woman's backyard.     

"I came outside and I could hear someone screaming and I thought someone had been shot, but it was (the victim) in her backyard scre...

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