Homicide Suspect Marshall Garrett Charged After Pit Bulls Kill Neighbor

A Texas man is dealing with a number of felony expenses after his three pit bulls fatally mauled a neighbor — whereas additionally staring down homicide expenses in a separate case.

Marshall Garrett, 38, is accused of failing to correctly fence in his canine on March 23 in response to a prison grievance obtained by PEOPLE.

That night, the three canine obtained into the yard of his 65-year-old neighbor Harriette Phillips and fatally mauled the lady as she tried to fend them off with a hammer, in response to the grievance.

Investigators famous within the grievance that the lady’s hair and items of her clothes had been discovered within the bellies of the pit bulls.

Neighbors spoke with members of the Houston Police Division within the wake of the incident, and mentioned that Garrett’s canine usually escaped from their enclosure and had been usually aggressive, in response to the grievance. One neighbor allegedly mentioned that she had been bitten by one not too long ago.

Det. Ramon Garcia, the affiant within the grievance, mentioned that Phillips gave the impression to be scanning her yard for one thing when the three canine got here by the fence.

She allegedly screamed for assist whereas shifting to her again door and swinging the hammer, Garcia wrote. As soon as she fell to the bottom, the canine allegedly started mauling her till she could not transfer or scream any longer, he wrote.

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The Harris County District Legal professional’s Workplace introduced on April 9 that Garrett can be charged with three felony counts of assault by canine leading to demise.

The three pit bulls had been euthanized underneath a Texas legislation that enables for any animal that bites or kills one other particular person or animal to be put to demise.

The costs got here simply someday after the DA charged Garrett with homicide over a separate incident that occurred final 12 months.

Garrett was referred to as to assist a feminine good friend alleging a person had stolen cash from her on Oct. 29, in response to a prison grievance obtained by PEOPLE.

Video footage allegedly exhibits Garrett strolling behind the person after which dealing a blow to the again of his head, in response to the grievance.

The grievance says that the footage additionally exhibits individuals yelling that the person “gave it again,” previous to Garrett hitting the person.

Marshall obtained in his automobile and left the scene after that in response to the grievance, whereas the 69-year-old man fell to the bottom and was taken to the hospital, the place he later died.

The post-mortem later decided the style of demise to be murder and listed the trigger as blunt pressure trauma, per the grievance.

Each Marshall and the feminine concerned within the incident are charged with homicide, and a spokesperson for the HPD tells PEOPLE that Garrett is now in custody however the girl stays at giant.

Garrett has but to enter a plea in both case or make a courtroom look, and doesn’t have a lawyer right now.

He has beforehand been convicted of offenses together with housebreaking, prison trespass, evading arrest, possession of marijuana and illegal use of a prison instrument.