3-year-old and grandparents hospitalized after attack by three family dogs in Bruce Township
Macomb County officials said a child was attacked as he exited a pond and his grandparents were injured intervening; all three were hospitalized in stable condition.
Incident summary
Macomb County authorities said three family dogs attacked a 3-year-old child as he exited a pond on Sept. 2. The child’s 62-year-old grandmother and 68-year-old grandfather were injured while intervening. All three were hospitalized and reported stable; the child and grandmother had significant non-life-threatening injuries and the grandfather had minor injuries. Authorities said two dogs were dead at the scene and the third was later euthanized by a veterinarian.
No criminal charge, citation or dangerous-dog adjudication was reported in the reviewed Sept. 3 CBS Detroit account. The source reported that two dogs were dead at the scene and the third was later euthanized; it did not state how the first two dogs died.
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CBS Detroit reported that the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Control responded to a Sept. 2 attack involving a 3-year-old child, two grandparents and three family dogs on 34 Mile Road in Bruce Township.
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