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Picture of dogs or it wasn't APBTs.

2 pit bulls kill 10-year-old boy in Texas
June 15th, 2009 @ 6:51pm

KILGORE, Texas (AP) - Authorities say two pit bulls fatally mauled a 10-year-old boy in East Texas.

The Rusk County Sheriff's Office says witnesses reported seeing the dogs drag Justin Clinton down the side of the road Monday in the small community of Leverett's Chapel.

Tyler television station KLTV reports that a passing motorist pulled the animals off the boy.

The fourth-grader was pronounced dead at a Longview hospital.

Justin's great-aunt, Carolyn Spence, tells the Longview News-Journal that the family "just can't believe it."

The Rev. Edwin Findley, acting as spokesman for the family that owns the dogs, says both families have been hurt.

Sheriff's deputies are investigating.

Rusk County Animal Control has the dogs.

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Maybe this will finally make America wake up to the need for common sense assault dog legislation.

Pit Bulls That Killed Boy Put Down; 'Full-Scale Investigation' Planned
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By KENNETH DEAN
Staff Writer

HENDERSON — A day after a 10-year-old boy was mauled to death by two pit bulls, Rusk County Sheriff Danny Pirtle said a “full scale investigation” will be conducted and the results presented to the district attorney.


“We are doing a complete investigation and whatever it leads to then it leads to. We will hand our completed investigation over to the district attorney and whatever they decide with the case then that is what we will have,” he said.


Pirtle said the two pit bull dogs were put down about 30 minutes after they were confiscated from a home on County Road 133, just off Texas Highway 42 in Leverett’s Chapel.

“We took them to a veterinarian and he put both dogs down. I don’t know if he sent samples off to be tested for rabies or not, but if that is part of his routine then I’m sure he followed it,” he said.

Monday shortly after 12:30 p.m. Rusk County Sheriff deputies responded in regards to dogs attacking 10-year-old Justin Clinton.

Despite on lookers’ attempts to save the youth, the attack was so severe that he died of his injuries at Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview where EMS personnel transported him.

Pirtle said the owners could face felony charges under what is commonly called “Lillian's Law,” which was put into effect in Texas.

The law is named after Lillian Stiles, an elderly woman who was attacked and killed by a pack of dogs.

The legislation, under the Texas Health and Safety Code, went into effect in September 2007 and works in conjunction with the Texas Penal Code under criminal negligence.

“We are taking this thing to the full limit,” Pirtle said.

Authorities: Pit bulldog attack preceded boy's mauling


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By Jamaal E. O'Neal

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Monday's fatal pit bulldog attack Leverett's Chapel was preceded by a Rusk County dog mauling Friday, according to Justice of the Peace Bob Richardson.

Richardson said a 4-year-old girl was attacked by a pit bulldog in Henderson and officials are planning to schedule a hearing in the case this week.

During the Friday attack, the dog's owner was walking a dog on a leash when it broke free and attacked the girl. Richardson said a local hospital released the girl and she is expected to fully recover.

The information about the Friday attack was released during follow-up interviews about Monday's death of a 10-year-old boy in Leverett's Chapel.

Justin Clinton, a fourth-grader at Leverett's Chapel Elementary School, was pronounced dead Monday at Good Shepherd Medical Center.

Rusk County Sheriff Danny Pirtle said the dogs were taken to a veterinary clinic after the attack, where they were euthanized shortly afterward. Officials say the dogs have been sent to Austin to be tested for rabies. The attack was reported about noon on CR 133.

Charges are pending against the dogs' owner, Pirtle said.

A leash law is being considered in Rusk County, according to County Judge Sandra Hodges.

"People move to the country and bring their dogs with them," Hodges said. "However, not everybody in the county lets their dogs roam free. Some people do a good job with keeping their dogs contained, that is why we are still discussing this law."

By KENNETH DEAN
Staff Writer

LEVERETT'S CHAPEL –– The peaceful community nestled between Kilgore and New London was devastated Monday when 10-year-old Justin Clinton was mauled to death by two pit bulls as he played near a friend's house.


As people drove by the area on County Road 133 just off Texas Highway 42, they shook their heads or held hands to their mouths as they passed the yellow crime scene tape marking the spot where Justin was attacked.


Rusk County sheriff's deputies said they were called to the location about 12:30 p.m. in reference to a boy being attacked by two dogs.

When deputies arrived, they were told the dogs were spotted dragging the boy down the road. One witness jumped from a car to pull the dogs off the boy in an effort to save his life. However, Justin was pronounced dead at Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview.


"It's just so hard. Just really hard," Laird Hill Baptist Church Pastor Edwin Findley said as he left the home where the attack took place.


Findley said he knew both Justin and the child who lived at the home where the attack occurred.


"They were friends, and Justin would come up here and the two would play. Today, the other kid wasn't home and I guess Justin was just riding his skateboard up and down the street," he said.


Findley said Justin and the other child were Wednesday night regulars at his church, where youth gathered in a church atmosphere.


"We know God is in control of all things, but some things are just too tough to understand," he said.


Across the highway in the neighborhood where Justin was commonly seen, neighbors said they were mad, upset and trying to cope with the thoughts of a young life ended by vicious dogs.


"I'm mad on one hand and then on the other I wish people would keep these dangerous dogs locked up in the city and not out in the country," resident Jeffery Sanders said. "This is hard because I watched that boy go up and down this road every day. He was a real likeable kid and this hurts."


Family members declined to speak to the media Monday, but said they would make a comment after they had time to mourn the loss of their loved one.


A teenager at the scene was being comforted by a young woman as she shook her head and said, "I don't know why my baby brother had to die."

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Two or more dogs together is bad news.

Things tend to escalate beyond what one of them alone might do.

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The problem is the ghetto people and their destructive culture. These type of people dont even take care of their kids and you guys expect them to care for a dog?

Their dog just "snap" and they never saw it coming. Their sons kill police officers and the mother says her son was a good boy.

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Got a call awhile ago from my wife and brother and they both told me 2 gangsters shot a 10 year old boy who later died. Wife said son-in-laws mom was at Good Shepard when they brought the boy in. She had to come over and get a grandson hug after work.

I'm as big a gun lover that ever walked, but man somethings gotta be done with these guns. Guns are fun until something gets drunk, irresponsible and AD's. With the power of bullet strength it's all over.

Man I'm 220 miles away and I want a grandson hug.

Prayers to the family this occured to and the neighbors who owned the dogs.

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Pits are alligators with fur as far as I am concerned, but I have no problem with people owning them so long as they are willing to go to prison when they hurt a human.  If an unfriendly dog comes anywhere near me or mine it will be full of hollow points.  

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Pits are alligators with fur as far as I am concerned, but I have no problem with people owning them so long as they are willing to go to prison when they hurt a human.  If an unfriendly dog comes anywhere near me or mine it will be full of hollow points.  

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Picture of dogs or it wasn't APBTs.

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The problem is the ghetto people and their destructive culture. These type of people dont even take care of their kids and you guys expect them to care for a dog?

Their dog just "snap" and they never saw it coming. Their sons kill police officers and the mother says her son was a good boy.

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Prayers to the family, but you anti Pit Bullers sound NO different than an anti gunner. Not a bit different.

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Prayers to the family, but you anti Pit Bullers sound NO different than an anti gunner. Not a bit different.

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+1 to the entire content of this post.

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Somewhere, a kid drowned in a bucket today, too. A few got hit by cars while riding their skateboards. Illegals raped a bunch of them and probably killed a couple afterward. An old set of Jarts was probably involved in some extreme tragedy out in the backyards of suburban America, as well.

Of course, that doesn't really have the sex appeal the media needs to work the bedwetters into hysterics. "These dogs are different!" "You need to saw a Pits head off to get its jaws unlocked!" "Someone think of the children!"

I saw pics of the dogs. They looked like there was at least some Mastiff or American Bulldog - not sure which. If I had to guess, I'd say that these dogs were certainly cross-bred with some type of automatic-revolver at the very least.

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God I HATE irresponsible dog owners who don't care if their dog hurts a child no matter the breed.

In before the ignorant posts.

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Pits are alligators with fur as far as I am concerned, but I have no problem with people owning them so long as they are willing to go to prison when they hurt a human.  If an unfriendly dog comes anywhere near me or mine it will be full of hollow points.  

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Tough guy huh?

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Prayers to the family, but you anti Pit Bullers sound NO different than an anti gunner. Not a bit different.

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Your point would make sense if dogs were a protected right and if guns could attack folks on their own. And since neither is true it is also true your point is ridiculous.

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Your point would make sense if dogs were a protected right and if guns could attack folks on their own. And since neither is true it is also true your point is ridiculous.

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Grow up

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Looked like? LOL defenders of Pits are a joke. Truly you guys say the same irrational stupid shit every time a kid is killed and drowning in a bucket while said is not some child being eaten by a dog. I am beginning to think owners of Pits and the defenders of them are just generally not very intelligent and low class.

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Prayers to the family, but you anti Pit Bullers sound NO different than an anti gunner. Not a bit different.

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You are tailor made for california, stay there please and keep your wadded up panties with you.

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Yeah, about as much as I hate irresponsible message board posters who think people who buy pit bulls buy them with the intentions of killing small children for the fun of it. How tall is that high horse you ride? Do you think you can get off it without hurting yourself, or will you need assistance?