ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Police say a 92-year-old woman, who was found dead, was mauled by a dog at her home on Orange Street.

RPD says it’s unknown if the dog caused her death or if she had died from other causes, then mauled. Officers were called to the home on the city’s northwest side around 9 p.m. on Tuesday and found the woman, Velma Leake, dead.

Leake lived in the home with other family members. RPD says one family member was sleeping upstairs, woke up, went downstairs, and found Leake mauled by the pit bull.

RPD is working with the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine Leake’s cause of death. The dog is being held at the city’s animal services shelter pending further investigation.

RPD is asking anyone with information to call 911 or email MajorCrimes@cityofrochester.gov.