A Sunday of babysitting ended tragically for a Dayton, Ohio grandmother. The woman was watching her 7-month-old step-grandson, Jonathon Quarles Jr., when her dog jumped a gate and viciously attacked the baby.
The grandmother fought off her dog but was unsuccessful. After the attack, she frantically carried the child to her neighbor’s house for assistance in calling 911. With the dispatcher on the line, the grandmother could be heard wailing, “The baby’s dead!”
The grandmother was visually distraught, needing physical support from officials who had arrived at the scene on Sunday.
The American Staffordshire Terrier dog resembles a pit bull and had previously been in a violent conflict with another dog just one month prior. The owner of the other dog, which suffered multiple injuries to its leg, filed a criminal misdemeanor complaint on the grandmother, but it was postponed.
Police are expected to continue the investigation to ensure that there were no homicidal motives leading to this tragic death.
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