Members of a Chesapeake community are on high alert after a 9 year-old boy and his mother were attacked by a neighbor’s out of control pit bull.
A 4th grader and his mother were left bloodied, bitten, bruised and bewildered by the unprovoked attack, which occurred in the family’s backyard on Saturday. The boy’s father says his son has been fearful and withdrawn in the days since the incident.
“It angers me. He hasn’t been outside since Saturday. We bought a basketball hoop for him and he hasn’t wanted to go outside and play.” “It was like a movie,” the father says. “The dog was crazed. It was attacking everyone it saw.”
The young boy was outside playing with a group of kids when he says the neighbor’s pit bull darted in the backyard and lunged at him and his friends. “One of my friends kicked it and it came running back,” he said.
He also tried to run, but tripped face first on the sidewalk. He scraped his arm, and that’s when the dog bit him in the thigh. His only defense was his Nerf gun. “They said that the dog was about to bite my face, and I had my gun so I hit him in the face with it,” the boy said.
The boy’s mother rushed to help only to be bitten worse than her son. “I saw it bite [Mom] like five times,” the boy said. “It bit her once in the leg, on her hand, her butt, and on her legs.”
The father is understandably worried about his child’s attitude towards animals, particularly dogs, in the future. Chesapeake Police are investigating this incident, and charges are pending.
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The trauma endured by this young boy and his brave mother extend beyond physical scars. Aside from medical expenses, the family will be left to deal with a child’s fear of an area that should be a place of freedom: his own backyard. Knowing the nature of their dog, their neighbors have a responsibility to keep their pet contained. To allow such an attack to occur, on a young child no less, is beyond irresponsible. My Virginia-based Personal Injury Law Firm specializes in bringing justice and retribution to innocent victims like this by and his mother. If you or someone you know has been the victim of an attack by another person’s dog, we will fight to help you receive every possible benefit of the law. Do not wait, contact us today.
