Four injured in Belleville attack by two reported shepherd-boxer mixes
Police said two loose dogs attacked three children and an adult in a Belleville neighborhood; the children were later taken to a hospital and animal control said the dogs would be euthanized after quarantine.
Incident summary
Belleville police said two loose dogs attacked three children and an adult in the 2800 block of Brookmeadow Drive around 3:40 p.m. on August 8. Ring-camera video showed the dogs running loose before the incident. EMS treated the children at the scene and their parents later took them to a hospital; police did not release detailed injury information. St. Clair County Animal Control said the dogs’ vaccinations had lapsed, the animals were held for a state-required 10-day bite quarantine, the owners later relinquished them, and the dogs were scheduled to be euthanized. The owner was cited.
First Alert 4 reported that the owner was cited. St. Clair County Animal Control said the owners relinquished the dogs after quarantine and that they would be euthanized. BiteDB does not treat a citation as a conviction or infer additional charges or findings not reported by authorities.
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Primary record used by BiteDB
First Alert 4 reported, citing Belleville police and St. Clair County Animal Control, that two dogs described as shepherd-boxer mixes attacked three children and one adult on August 8; EMS treated the children, their parents took them to a hospital, the dogs entered bite quarantine, and the owners later relinquished them for euthanasia.
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