Police in Missouri are investigating after an Amazon delivery driver was found dead, likely by an animal attack.
Ray County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to a home in Excelsior Springs, Missouri on Monday after neighbors reported that an Amazon delivery truck had been parked outside the home for several hours.
When deputies arrived, they found the truck’s driver dead in the home’s front yard.
Fox4 reports that sheriff’s deputies said that the driver had injuries consistent with those one might suffer during an animal attack, and noted that two reportedly aggressive dogs were in the area when they arrived.
“Due to the fact of the nature of some of the injuries to the male driver, we can’t confirm or deny if they were the cause of the death of the driver however we wanted to be safe,” Sheriff Scott Childers told the outlet.
The deputies shot on the dogs, which ran into a house through a dog door. The local fire department, which had also responded to the scene, said they could hear the dogs inside the home and saw blood on the dog door.
The sheriff and a pair of deputies entered the home and killed the dogs.
Mr Childers said he cannot confirm if the dogs killed the driver, but did note that the dogs were aggressive toward him and his personnel.
Amazon issued a statement to Fox4 acknowledging the driver’s death, saying "they’re looking into this horrible tragedy and will work with law enforcement as they continue to investigate."
