A worker at a Manhattan pizzeria is clinging to life after he was mauled by a customer’s pit bull during a quarrel over the dog being unleashed, police said Tuesday.
The 50-year-old victim was working the counter at Roma Pizza in the Flatiron District when he got into an argument with the customer for entering with the unleashed dog about 9:55 p.m. Monday, cops said.
The two argued about the dog being off the leash, then got into a fistfight inside the pizzeria on Fifth Ave. near W. 19th St., police sources said.
During the clash, the pit bull attacked the pizza shop worker.
Cops were called to the scene and found the worker on the ground suffering from multiple dog bites, NYPD officials said.
Medics rushed him to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
The 35-year-old customer left the eatery with the dog but was apprehended a short time later. The dog was not hurt and was being held at the police station with its owner, cops said.
Criminal charges were pending against the dog owner.
