Eight-year-old bitten by dog on Glenwood Avenue in Rochester
Rochester Police said an 8-year-old child was chased and bitten on the upper body by a dog on Glenwood Avenue on May 24, 2026 and was taken to Rochester General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Incident summary
Rochester Police said an 8-year-old child was playing outside with other children in the 200 block of Glenwood Avenue on May 24, 2026 when a dog began chasing the child and bit the child on the upper body. The child was transported to Rochester General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police said no one else was injured, the dog had not been located, and its owner had not come forward at the time of the report.
Police said the dog had not been found and the owner had not come forward at the time of the report. The reviewed source does not establish a citation, arrest, dangerous-dog finding, quarantine, or later owner identification, so BiteDB records none.
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Primary record used by BiteDB
WROC reported from Rochester Police Department information that officers responded to the 200 block of Glenwood Avenue at about 3:18 p.m. for a dog-bite report. Police said an 8-year-old child had been playing outside when a dog chased and bit the child on the upper body. The child was taken to Rochester General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; the dog had not been found and the owner had not come forward.
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- AOL syndication of WROC — Child chased, bitten by dog on Glenwood Ave. sent to hospital: RPD — Syndicated copy preserving WROC/RPD details · 2026-05-24
What BiteDB does not infer
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