Child hospitalized after family-dog bite to head in east Bexar County, Texas
Bexar County sheriff’s office reported a child taken to the hospital after a family dog bit the child’s head on April 7; injuries were reported as non-life-threatening. Breed and age are unknown.
Incident summary
On the morning of April 7, 2026, deputies responded to a home in the 12700 block of Gral Bustamante in the Avenida subdivision on the far East Side of Bexar County, Texas. According to KSAT and the San Antonio Express-News, citing the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, a family dog bit a child on the left side of the head. Emergency medical personnel transported the child to a hospital; the sheriff’s office described the injuries as non-life-threatening. The child’s age and identity, the dog’s breed, an exact residence and the eventual clinical and animal-control outcomes were not disclosed. These two reports describe one incident, not two.
Bexar County Animal Control was investigating according to the April 7 reports. Neither article established charges, citations, a dangerous-dog designation, surrender or euthanasia. The existence of an investigation does not establish fault.
Reporting and source material
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Primary report used by BiteDB
KSAT reported a Tuesday dog bite at the 12700 block of Gral Bustamante; the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said the family dog bit a child on the left side of the head, the injuries were non-life-threatening and Animal Control was investigating. No breed was identified.
Open original source ↗Additional sources
The following newsroom report concerns the same sheriff investigation. It provides additional timing and area detail but does not independently verify breed or clinical outcome.
San Antonio Express-News — Family dog bites child in the head on far East Side, says sheriff’s office ↗What BiteDB does not infer
High for April 7, 2026, Bexar County / Avenida subdivision, child head bite, hospital transport, and reported non-life-threatening injuries because two original local newsrooms attributed these facts to the sheriff’s office. Neither source provides age, breed, patient diagnosis or treatment, exact residential address, prior canine history, owner liability, final agency finding or longer-term outcome. Both reports rely on the same agency event; they are not counted as separate attacks.
Approximate San Antonio city-center visualization point only; not the private home, the 12700 block of Gral Bustamante, or an exact incident coordinate.