The driver's official cause of death will be determined after an autopsy is performed on Wednesday, according to the local sheriff's office.
Local police and medical personnel in northwestern Missouri are investigating the death of an Amazon employee who was apparently attacked by a pair of dogs while delivering a package on Monday evening.
Ray County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the house after concerned neighbors called to report that a vehicle had been parked outside for several hours, which they found suspicious, Childers said. When deputies arrived, they discovered the driver lying in the yard with injuries that the sheriff said were"consistent with canine bites," although he noted that an official cause of death will be determined after an autopsy is conducted Wednesday.
After a deputy shot one of the animals but did not"mortally wound" it, Childers said he decided to fatally shoot both dogs to protect the safety of responding officers.