Current:Home > Contact-usFlorida dog attack leaves 6-year-old boy dead-LoTradeCoin
Florida dog attack leaves 6-year-old boy dead
View Date:2024-12-23 23:08:48
A 6-year-old boy died after he was attacked by the family dog, police in Florida said Wednesday.
Police officers in the city of North Port, in Sarasota County, rushed to a home on the 2700 block of Badger Lane on Tuesday around 10:30 a.m. after reports of a dog bite, officials said. The wounded boy was flown to a hospital with "extensive traumatic injuries." He was then transferred to a second hospital, where he died.
The dog, a 3-year-old pit bull mix, was taken by the Sarasota County Animal Services, police said. The boy and the dog lived together in the same home. Police don't know of any previous incidents involving the dog's behavior.
"Our hearts are broken for this young child and his family," North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison said. "As a father and pet owner, I know this is one of the worst tragedies you can imagine."
There have been several deadly dog attacks across the U.S. this year. In May, a woman was killed and an 8-year-old child was injured in a dog attack in Indiana. In Iowa, a baby was killed and a woman was seriously injured earlier in May.
Dog attacks in Louisiana and Idaho in January left children dead. In February, a man in his 80s was killed and three others were hurt in a Texas dog attack. A Pennsylvania woman died after she was attacked by a neighbor's dog in March.
- In:
- Dog Attack
- Florida
Aliza Chasan is a digital producer at 60 Minutes and CBS News.
TwitterveryGood! (6727)
Related
- Pie, meet donuts: Krispy Kreme releases Thanksgiving pie flavor ahead of holidays
- Judge cuts probation for Indiana lawmaker after drunken driving plea
- Where Jonathan Bennett Thinks His Mean Girls' Character Aaron Samuels Is Today
- A pro-peace Russian presidential hopeful is blocked by the election commission
- LSU student arrested over threats to governor who wanted a tiger at college football games
- 2 young boys killed in crash after their father flees Wisconsin deputies, officials say
- Utah man is charged with killing 2-year-old boy, and badly injuring his twin sister
- Kourtney Kardashian Reveals First Photos of Baby Rocky With Travis Barker
- Chris Wallace will leave CNN 3 years after defecting from 'Fox News Sunday'
- Alex Batty, British teen found in France after missing for 6 years, breaks his silence: I've been lying
Ranking
- Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline, shrugging off Wall Street’s overnight rally
- Hawaii announces first recipients of student loan payment program for health care workers
- NFL denies Eagles security chief DiSandro’s appeal of fine, sideline ban, AP source says
- Dodgers' furious spending spree tops $1 billion with Yoshinobu Yamamoto signing
- Wreck of Navy destroyer USS Edsall known as 'the dancing mouse' found 80 years after sinking
- '8 Mile' rapper-actor Nashawn Breedlove's cause of death revealed
- Some 300 Indian travelers are sequestered in a French airport in a human trafficking probe
- Railroad operations resume after 5-day closure in 2 Texas border towns
Recommendation
-
Man accused of killing American tourist in Budapest, putting her body in suitcase: Police
-
Some 300 Indian travelers are sequestered in a French airport in a human trafficking probe
-
Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills 13
-
Why Coco Austin Calls Daughter Chanel Her Little Stalker
-
Jax Taylor Breaks Silence on Brittany Cartwright Dating His Friend Amid Their Divorce
-
Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines
-
Iran’s navy adds sophisticated cruise missiles to its armory
-
The Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale Has Jaw-Dropping 60% Discounts on SKIMS, Kate Spade, Spanx, More