DUNCANVILLE, Texas – A 1-year-old boy died after police said he was attacked by three dogs while being babysat at a home in the Dallas area Monday.
It happened in Duncanville, a suburb just south of Dallas, on Monday.
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The Duncanville Police Department said they were called to the home on Lime Leaf Lane around 10:40 a.m. Monday morning for the dog attack.
Duncanville Police Chief Matthew Stogner said officers and fire personnel arrived at the scene and provided life-saving measures to the 1-year-old boy, who they said was unconscious.
The child was transported to the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas where he was pronounced dead.
Stogner said the three dogs involved, said to be shepherd-mixes weighing approximately 80 pounds, were taken into custody by animal control. Stogner said the dogs had been confined outside, but somehow got into the house.
“The dogs were outside, somehow they made their way back inside the house where the incident took place,” he said.
Stogner also said a woman had tried to get the dogs off the child before officers arrived.
“The resident at the location, she attempted to pull the dogs from the infant unsuccessfully until the officers got there at which point she sustained some injuries as well,” Stogner said.
The investigation remains active. As to whether any charges would be filed in the case, Stogner said it is “still in the air.”