police said the unleashed and unattended dogs attacked the boy before a neighbor who saw it went into his home, got his handgun and fired once, hitting one of the dogs. ![]() The uncle said his nephew emerged from an alley onto Sheridan Street, where he collided with the pit bulls.ĭ.C. The boy, the dog owner and the shooter live on the same block.Īn uncle of the victim’s said the boy was riding a new Huffy dirt bike with orange rims he had gotten for Christmas. One of the dogs managed to limp back to his house before he died, leaving the bloody trail up Eighth Street. The boy underwent surgery and remains hospitalized, a family member said. Police said a neighbor and an officer shot the pit bulls as they sank their teeth into the boy’s legs, arms, stomach and chest. Two days after the attack, in which police said all three dogs were fatally shot, the prints were a reminder of what happened at Eighth and Sheridan streets on Sunday afternoon. ![]() The bloody paw prints travel the length of a city block, from a Northwest Washington street corner where police said an 11-year-old was mauled by three pit bulls to the welcome mat at the dogs’ owner’s home.
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