Waylon O’Mary Coronna, 3, identified after fatal Sulligent dog attack
WTVA reported that a family-owned dog fatally attacked a 3-year-old boy at a Walnut Street home on October 2; a later Otts Funeral Home obituary identifies the child as Waylon O’Mary Coronna. The reviewed incident report did not identify the dog’s breed.
Incident summary
WTVA reported that a family-owned dog attacked a 3-year-old boy at approximately 10 a.m. on October 2 at a home on Walnut Street in Sulligent. Lamar County Coroner Allen Chandler said the child was pronounced dead at the hospital and initially did not release his name. A later Otts Funeral Home obituary identified the child as Waylon O’Mary Coronna, age 3, of Sulligent, son of Destiny Hollis and Justin O’Mary, and said he died October 2 at North Mississippi Health Services-South Marion in Winfield. Sulligent Police Chief Michael Franklin said the family owned the dog and surrendered it to police; the health department ordered euthanasia and testing. The reviewed incident reporting did not identify the dog’s breed or publish a final testing result, criminal charge, or other final investigative finding.
Sulligent Police Chief Michael Franklin said the family surrendered the dog after the attack and police took it to a veterinarian in Russellville. Franklin said the health department ordered euthanasia and testing. The reviewed report did not announce an arrest, criminal charge, citation, dangerous-dog adjudication, civil finding, or final testing result. BiteDB does not infer legal responsibility from the reported fatality or animal-control response.
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WTVA reported that Lamar County Coroner Allen Chandler said a dog attacked a 3-year-old boy at a Walnut Street home in Sulligent at approximately 10 a.m. The child was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police Chief Michael Franklin said the family owned the dog, surrendered it to police, and that the health department ordered euthanasia and testing.
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What BiteDB does not infer
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