A 62-year-old woman has died from injuries following a vicious dog attack in her own backyard, St. Louis police reported.

Gladys Anthony died after the attack at her Missouri home. A 73-year-old man who intervened with a pistol and broom also was injured in the attack.

A Missouri family is mourning the loss of a grandmother who was killed in her backyard by a neighbor’s three dogs earlier this month. Gladys Anthony, 62, was attacked outside her St. Louis, Mo., home on Jan. 15, St. Louis Metropolitan Police said in a statement last week.

Gladys Anthony, a deaf woman from St. Louis, Missouri died after being attacked by her neighbor's dogs while trying to protect her own pet.

If the dogs are declared dangerous, the owner has 35 days to comply with a set of regulations allowing the animals to be returned, or surrender them immediately.