Source-attributed incident record · 2026-10-02

Residents report woman attacked by several dogs near Washington Park bus stop

First Alert 4 reported that multiple residents said a woman was attacked by several dogs near a Washington Park bus stop on October 2; injury severity, breed and exact location were not reported.

Injury severity not reported in the reviewed sourceBreed: Unknown / not reportedWashington Park, IL

Date2026-10-02 · Time not reported

LocationNear a bus stop in Washington Park; exact stop, street and attack point not reported

Victim(s)1 woman; age and identity not reported

Dogs involvedSeveral dogs; exact number not reported

Injury severityInjury severity not reported in the reviewed source

Breed attributionUnknown / not reportedFirst Alert 4 described several dogs and showed a pack roaming near the reported bus-stop area but did not report a breed or mix. BiteDB does not infer breed from appearance, neighborhood reports or circumstance.

What the record currently shows

Incident summary

First Alert 4 reported on October 5 that multiple Washington Park residents said a woman had been attacked by several dogs near a bus stop on Friday, October 2. The station reported seeing a pack of dogs roaming near that bus stop while its crew was in town on Monday. The report did not identify the woman, specify her injuries, give an exact bus-stop location, identify the dogs’ breed or ownership, or report a police/medical case record for this particular attack. BiteDB records the incident as resident-attributed local reporting and preserves those gaps rather than inferring missing facts.

Legal-status note

The reviewed report did not identify an owner, citation, criminal charge, dangerous-dog proceeding, seizure/quarantine order or animal disposition tied specifically to this attack. Washington Park police separately said the department was working with St. Clair County Animal Services on new after-hours kennel resources after recent dog incidents. BiteDB does not infer that broader policy response was caused by this incident alone.

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↗Primary incident reportFirst Alert 4 — Washington Park residents protect themselves after another stray dog attackSource-hosted reporting; no publisher imagery is copied into BiteDB.

Source provenance

Primary record used by BiteDB

First Alert 4 — Washington Park residents protect themselves after another stray dog attackLocal television reporting based on multiple resident accounts, with on-scene observation of a roaming dog pack and police-chief comment on broader animal-control response · Published 2026-10-05 · Accessed 2026-10-06

First Alert 4 reported that multiple Washington Park residents said the latest attack happened Friday and that a woman was attacked by several dogs near a bus stop. The station’s crew reported seeing a pack roaming near that bus stop on Monday. Police Chief Tony Tomlinson separately told the station that the department was working with St. Clair County Animal Services on an after-hours kennel and related animal-control resources. The article did not publish injury details or an official incident report for this specific attack.

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Additional sources

No additional independent source was located for this incident at publication time; the attribution and uncertainty are preserved above.

Data-quality notes

What BiteDB does not infer

Breed is recorded only at the provenance level shown above. The reviewed report does not establish the victim’s injury severity, exact bus stop or street, the precise number of dogs, breed or mix, ownership, vaccination status, or a case-specific police, medical, court or animal-control disposition. BiteDB keeps those details unknown unless a reliable source establishes them and does not infer that the broader Washington Park animal-control response was caused by this incident alone.