Michigan Dog Attack: 1-Year-Old Boy Bitten On The Neck In Serious Condition

A 1-year-old boy was in serious condition Tuesday after a neighbor’s dog attacked him in Detroit, Michigan, police said. The incident took place on Rosemont Avenue near 8 Mile Road.

Authorities told local media that the dog was being walked when it slipped out of the chain and attacked the child. The boy was bitten on his neck and was said to in a serious condition at Children’s Hospital. Authorities also said that a 46-year-old man suffered lacerations on his arm. He was being treated at Sinai-Grace Hospital.

Other details about the incident remain unclear. Details about the relationship between the two victims were not immediately available. The breed of the dog was also not revealed.

Detroit Animal Control officials were notified and they are working to find the dog, Detroit Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell.

Earlier this month, a six-year-old boy in Plainwell, Michigan, suffered serious injuries after he was viciously attacked by a pitbull. The victim, identified as Camdon Bozell, lived with his mother and nine-year-old sister. The victim was at his grandmother’s home when he was attacked by the dog. The victim's mother said she was at work when she received a call saying that her son was attacked.

“I got a phone call from the police, saying that he had been attacked by a dog, and was in an ambulance on his way to Bronson,” Lent told Fox 17, adding that due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the boy had to ride alone in the ambulance. He underwent emergency surgery and was taken to ICU for recovery. His face was now covered with stitches.

"He suffered a broken nose, skull fracture, possible nerve damage to the left side of his face and upper lip and many, many stitches," one of the victim’s family members said in a GoFundMe page started to raise money for his medical expenses.

In another case, a woman in Beltline, Georgia, underwent surgery after a pit bull took a "chunk out of her arm” in an attack. Speaking to CBS 46, the woman, identified as Lane Pilcher, said she was walking her dog, Banjo, when the attack took place.

“I heard and saw a dog off to the right of me in a grassy area with its owner barking very aggressively," she said recalling the incident. “All I had time really to do was grab my dog pick him up and turn my back toward this dog that was coming at me,” said Pilcher, adding that the pit bull, however, managed to grab her hand. “It really just took a whole chunk out of my arm,” she said.