Police-reported incident record · 2025-07-26

Boy and woman hospitalized after two loose dogs attack at Lynn’s Flax Pond Park

Lynn Police said two loose dogs bit a young boy and a 22-year-old woman at Flax Pond Park on July 26, 2025. Both victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries; the owner was later cited on restraint, licensing and rabies-vaccination violations.

Nonfatal · 2 bite victimsBreed: Pit bull (police-reported)Lynn, MA

Date2025-07-26 · About 1:20 p.m. EDT

LocationFlax Pond Park in Lynn; a public municipal park identified by Lynn Police and local reporting

Victim(s)2 human bite victims: a young boy (reported as age 5 in an early police-based report and age 7 in later family/local reporting) and a 22-year-old woman

Dogs involved2 loose dogs reported

Injury severityBoth victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries; later WCVB/family reporting says the boy needed stitches to his face, ear and arm

Breed attributionPit bull (police-reported)Boston 25 and WHDH report Lynn Police identified the two loose dogs as pit bulls. BiteDB records that as a police-reported breed attribution, not a DNA or veterinary breed determination.

What the record currently shows

Incident summary

Lynn Police said two loose dogs attacked a young boy and a 22-year-old woman at Flax Pond Park. Both victims were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Later WCVB reporting, citing the boy’s family, said he required stitches to his face, ear and arm. Animal Control later cited the dogs’ owner on restraint, licensing and rabies-vaccination violations and placed the dogs on a 45-day home quarantine.

Legal-status note

WCVB reported Animal Control cited the owner with two counts each of failure to restrain the dogs, failure to license them with Lynn and failure to obtain required rabies vaccination. The dogs were placed on a mandatory 45-day home quarantine. These are municipal/animal-control citations; BiteDB does not convert them into a criminal conviction.

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↗Primary incident reportingWCVB — Dogs’ owner cited after attack on boy, woman in Lynn parkBiteDB links the reporting sources rather than copying third-party footage or family imagery.

Source provenance

Primary record used by BiteDB

WCVB — Dogs’ owner cited after attack on boy, woman in Lynn parkIndependent local reporting citing Lynn Police and Animal Control / updated legal-status report · Published 2025-07-29 · Accessed 2026-09-06

WCVB reported Lynn Police responded at about 1:20 p.m. July 26, 2025 to Flax Pond Park after a 22-year-old woman and a young boy were bitten by two loose dogs. Both were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Updated reporting says Animal Control cited the owner with two counts each of failure to restrain, failure to license and failure to obtain rabies vaccination; the dogs were placed on a mandatory 45-day home quarantine.

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Additional sources

Boston 25 News — 5-year-old boy, woman hospitalized after pit bull attack in Lynn, police say — Independent local reporting citing Lynn Police / breed and initial victim details · 2025-07-28
WHDH 7News — 7-year-old recovering after being attacked by loose dogs in Lynn park — Independent local reporting / family injury details and police breed attribution · 2025-07-28

Data-quality notes

What BiteDB does not infer

Breed is recorded only at the provenance level shown above. Missing injury details, dog history, ownership facts or circumstances remain unknown unless a reliable source establishes them. This record may be updated as police, animal-control, medical, court or follow-up reporting becomes available.