Couple Tries to Break Up Dog Fight, Husband Killed

The husband of a former Arizona mayor was killed and she was injured after they tried to break up a fight between their pet dogs Saturday night and the animals turned on them. Tom and Diane Vick attempted to intervene when their 40-pound boxer attacked a smaller dog, a cocker spaniel, according to the Arizona Republic. Their four other dogs reportedly began fighting, too. Tom Vick, 64, a popular high school teacher, died yesterday morning and Diane Vick, 65, was "pretty well beat up," according to the current mayor of Bullhead City. The cocker spaniel also died, and the five other dogs will be euthanized, per a request from the family, adds the Republic. (More animal attack stories.)