5 yo boy mauled to death by dog. Lab? Poodle?

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Posted: 5/26/2015 8:12:41 AM EDT

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/29153976/police-boy-mauled-to-death-by-dog-on-south-side

"CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -

A boy was mauled to death by a dog Monday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, Chicago Police said.

Rescue workers responded to the 8900 block of South Carpenter about 9:35 p.m. and took the boy — whom police believe is about 5 years old— to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

Neighbors say it was a horrifying scene as the dog broke free and attacked the young boy.

Bianca White, a neighbor who lives across the street from where the attack occurred, told reporters at the scene that neighbors were able to free the boy from the dog's grasp by killing it with rocks and other objects.

“They stabbed it, threw a big rock on it,” White said. “They just started attacking it and [the dog] is dead now.”

White described the boy as lifeless after the dog released it from its jaws.

Witnesses described the dog as a pit bull. Police added that the dog has since been destroyed."

Posted: 5/26/2015 8:13:48 AM EDT

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I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!

Posted: 5/26/2015 8:14:36 AM EDT

[#2]

Shiba Inu

Posted: 5/26/2015 9:31:59 AM EDT

[#3]

Sad

In before the "it's how you raise them" crowd

I couldn't get the link to play

Posted: 5/26/2015 9:34:17 AM EDT

[#4]

I know, right?

I mean seriously, what percentage of these pitbull attacks come from trash people?

100% you say?

Well how the hell can that be?

Posted: 5/26/2015 10:46:56 AM EDT

[#5]

not the breed of peace again?

Posted: 5/26/2015 10:54:44 AM EDT

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not the breed of peace again?

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Again?

How about always.

Posted: 5/26/2015 10:58:35 AM EDT

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Every gun turns into an assault rifle after a shooting.
Every dog is "described by witnesses as a put bull" after an attack.

Dogs and guns are dangerous in the wrong hands.

Poor kid.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:01:30 AM EDT

[#8]

Sad

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:01:56 AM EDT

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Well, how do you think they are raised in the Gresham community?

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:09:23 AM EDT

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Every dog is "described by witnesses as a put bull" after an attack.

Dogs and guns are dangerous in the wrong hands.

Poor kid.

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It wasn't a pit bull...

It is a proven fact that a pit bull has never attacked a human, or another dog.

Ever.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:13:56 AM EDT

[#11]

Isolated incident, this breed would never do nufin.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:17:17 AM EDT

[#12]

so are we going to wait for the dogs dna to make sure it was 100% pit, or just go ahead and call it now?

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:19:51 AM EDT

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lol

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:20:04 AM EDT

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A DNA test has not been performed yet on the dog so we cannot determine for certain it was of the BOP.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:36:53 AM EDT

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Every gun turns into an assault rifle after a shooting.
Every dog is "described by witnesses as a put bull" after an attack.

Dogs and guns are dangerous in the wrong hands.

Poor kid.

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Dogs can be dangerous all by themselves.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:37:36 AM EDT

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Fuck fuck, who cares what breed the dog was, could easily be any large breed, I keep thinking about how terrified that little boy had to have been.

Fucking rocks??? sticks??? Primitive fucking tribes have spears and knives and we are reduced to sticks and rocks.

Wonder if someone had had a shotgun with a slug or two in it if this would have turned out differently.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:38:21 AM EDT

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Every gun turns into an assault rifle after a shooting.
Every dog is "described by witnesses as a put bull" after an attack.

Dogs and guns are dangerous in the wrong hands.

Poor kid.

Dogs can be dangerous all by themselves.

Some much more so than others.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:39:32 AM EDT

[#18]

It's terrible to think of the horror that the boy felt before he died.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:40:29 AM EDT

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Fuck fuck, who cares what breed the dog was, could easily be any large breed, I keep thinking about how terrified that little boy had to have been.

Fucking rocks??? sticks??? Primitive fucking tribes have spears and knives and we are reduced to sticks and rocks.

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The dog had the boy by the throat. I'm sure it didn't take long.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:40:32 AM EDT

[#20]

Probably a Maltese mistaken for a Pit.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:43:46 AM EDT

[#21]

Isolated incident

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:47:41 AM EDT

[#22]

Huh, Gresham sucks here too.

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:48:20 AM EDT

[#23]

So.... who's up for a Pit Bull ban? Maybe the government can save us from our dogs!

If not, what ever shall we do about other people's dogs?

Posted: 5/26/2015 11:51:29 AM EDT

[#24]

"Witnesses describe the dog as a dachshund, better known as the wiener dog, a dog bred for hunting dangerous small game."

Son of a BITCH, I knew it was gonna be a dachshund again.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:03:25 PM EDT

[#25]

"By killing it with rocks and other objects".

Later..
"Police added that the dog has since been destroyed".

What's the deal, it was already dead and they felt left out so they shot it anyway?

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:04:36 PM EDT

[#26]

That's why I always carry a knife. I would have opened that dog's throat.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:05:34 PM EDT

[#27]

There used to be a guy on DU who'd post thread after thread of every news story he could find about someone getting shot.

Even DU thought it was pretty pathetic.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:05:36 PM EDT

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Yea, them little bastards have the heart and soul of a rotty. But it's sooooo cute!

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:07:43 PM EDT

[#29]

want to make a joke, but prayers sent instead.

yep, another pit bull attack...

But those are not near as dangerious as Rotts

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:08:30 PM EDT

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In before DNA crowd.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:14:03 PM EDT

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I was going to say it couldn't be a pit because it would be the first thing in the article until I saw the last line.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:21:21 PM EDT

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There used to be a guy on DU who'd post thread after thread of every news story he could find about someone getting shot.

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What's really pathetic is when someone clicks on a thread to bitch about the thread. Why don't you just go back to DU if you don't like it?

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:29:57 PM EDT

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Dogs are usually very predictable, having had mostly cattle dogs I can see their breeding come out even as puppies, they tend to herd things. It just comes naturally to them. I can see the same things in hunting and fighting breeds. I've seen pointers "point" without every having a single lesson. I guess it's not surprising that a fighting breed dog would have a natural inclination to fight.

Damn shame about the kid.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:31:08 PM EDT

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Doesn't really seem that way, does it? It seems like when they are in a neighborhood violence starts happening.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:37:34 PM EDT

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Meh, not saying it was or wasn't but the average idiot will call any midsize breed they don't recognize a pit.

Yesterday I had an argument with my aunt about how I would dare bring a pit to a family BBQ with kids in attendance

Our pit:

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:38:03 PM EDT

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Dogs are usually very predictable, having had mostly cattle dogs I can see their breeding come out even as puppies, they tend to herd things. It just comes naturally to them. I can see the same things in hunting and fighting breeds. I've seen pointers "point" without every having a single lesson. I guess it's not surprising that a fighting breed dog would have a natural inclination to fight.

Damn shame about the kid.

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My wife talked me in to going to a local dog park with her and our 4 m.o. pup. There were a bunch of other dogs there, including a couple of young pit bulls. They were all romping and playing together, having a good time. It was very conspicuous how the pit bulls always went right for the other dogs' throats.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:39:18 PM EDT

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not the breed of peace again?

Again?

How about always.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:39:53 PM EDT

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Kids die everyday. Why is this news?

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:42:32 PM EDT

[#39]

What color was the dog is the only part that matters

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:53:33 PM EDT

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True, but some deaths are avoidable.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:53:53 PM EDT

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Breed of peace and all. This is so sad.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:56:33 PM EDT

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I have a pound puppy (and a few other dogs). The pound puppy looks a lot like a small black lab, but is a bit more square in the jaw. When she plays with other dogs - she always goes strait for the throat. When we got her, they thought she had some Rott in her, but pretty sure that was just pit. FWIW she is a great dog, just plays a bit rough with the other dogs (but she is pretty small and it is play).

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:57:47 PM EDT

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"Witnesses described the dog as a pit bull." Yea, i'll trust the everyday person's knowledge of dog breeds.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:57:48 PM EDT

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ARFCOM apologists inform me that there is no such breed as a Pit Bull. Therefore the story must be wrong.

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:58:12 PM EDT

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Kids die everyday. Why is this news?

True, but some deaths are avoidable.

More kids die from automobiles. Why no thread?

More kids die from gunshots. Why no thread?

Is this thread to warn us of the dangers of dogs? Uh....thanks?

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:59:02 PM EDT

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So what do you recommend be done about this menace?

Posted: 5/26/2015 12:59:55 PM EDT

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What's really pathetic is when someone clicks on a thread to bitch about the thread. Why don't you just go back to DU if you don't like it?

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There used to be a guy on DU who'd post thread after thread of every news story he could find about someone getting shot.

Even DU thought it was pretty pathetic.

What's really pathetic is when someone clicks on a thread to bitch about the thread. Why don't you just go back to DU if you don't like it?

And miss out on arfcom's mewling soccer moms? No way.