Sheriff says Illinois man died after saving daughter from dog attack

FORT MADISON, Iowa — Authorities say a man died after saving his 5-year-old daughter from a dog attack in southeast Iowa.

Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber says 33-year-old Robert Quick, of Dallas City, Ill., was one of three people attacked Friday by the boxer outside a home in Fort Madison. Weber says officers had to shoot the large animal because it wouldn’t release a man who was pinned on his back in the front yard.

First responders soon found the wounded Quick lying in the home’s doorway. Weber says Quick asked medics to first help his daughter, who’d been bitten on the face. Weber says Quick “undoubtedly saved her life by his actions.”

Illinois man killed after saving 5-year-old daughter from vicious dog attack

Robert “Joey” Quick’s daughter had been bitten in the face and he “undoubtedly saved her life by his actions,” police said.

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All three victims were taken to Fort Madison Community Hospital, where Quick was pronounced dead.

A GoFundMe campaign is raising money for Quick’s funeral expenses. The page says he suffered a heart attack at the scene, but police say Quick’s cause of death is still being investigated.

Weber didn’t say what actions Quick had taken or provide the names of the other man and the girl. Weber didn’t immediately return an Associated Press call Monday.

According to police, the dog was being kept at the home of the attack by the owner’s family members and was not owned by any of the victims.