Sorry, Gavin, But Who Can Claimed To Be 'Shocked' At This Point?

After all, it's such a regular occurrence these days:

Detective Inspector Gavin Mulcahy said: 'We understand the shock that this incident will cause in the local community and beyond.'

It looks like quite a nice area, but then so have recent dog-related deaths occurred in what looked like nice areas. 

It only remains to be seen whether it was a pitbull, a 'Staffie-cross' (for which read 'pitbull 2.0'), an American Bully ("I Can't Believe It's Not A Pitbull!"™) or something more exotic...

Update: 

Nope, thanks to comments at the 'Liverpool Echo', it's looking like yet another breeder of these things:

I wonder if it'll be investigated as an industrial accident?