NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) - Authorities have euthanized a pit bull that attacked and seriously injured a 10-year-old boy and three adults before one of the victim’s relatives corralled the dog.
The attack occurred Tuesday at an apartment complex in Neptune.
Authorities say a man had agreed to take possession of a friend’s dog after it attacked the friend’s wife. The man then brought the 2-year-old, 100-pound male pit bull to his sister’s apartment.
When the man’s 10-year-old nephew asked to see the dog, it bit him on the arm. The man and his sister were attacked when they tried to help the boy.
The dog then ran out of the apartment and soon attacked a 42-year-old woman who had just dropped off her infant at her nephew’s apartment. The nephew came out when he heard his aunt’s screams and eventually restrained the dog.
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