Overview
- Police say officers responded around 3:37 a.m. Sunday to a reported dog attack at a home on the 1500 block of Mullikin Court in the Douglass Homes complex.
- A 17-year-old girl was found with severe bite wounds and was taken to a hospital for treatment, according to authorities.
- Investigators allege the 42-year-old mother commanded her pet pit bull to attack during an altercation with the teenager.
- Officers took the mother into custody and transported her to a hospital for minor injuries, with charges pending upon her release.
- Animal control seized the pit bull, and officials say cases involving human attacks are reviewed in a formal hearing that can impose conditions or order euthanasia if the dog is deemed vicious.