1-month-old dies from dog attack at Indiana home
01/27/2020 1:22 pm PST
via WXIN:
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WXIN) -- Police say a 1-month-old infant died in Lafayette over the weekend after being attacked by a dog.
Around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 25, police were called to a home in the 1900 block of Greenbush St. An officer found what Lafayette Police described as a "pit-mixed breed dog" standing over an injured infant.
In order to provide care for the infant, Officer Neil Carin fired a single shot, killing the dog.
The infant was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say before attacking the infant, the dog had been fighting with another dog, a beagle mix, inside the home. That dog was taken to a veterinary hospital for treatment.
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