Boy, 3, and Baby-Sitter Hurt in Dog Attack
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A young boy and his baby-sitter were seriously injured Wednesday when the boy’s dog, a pit bull-Labrador retriever mix, attacked them in the backyard of his Pacoima home, authorities said.
The 3-year-old boy suffered multiple cuts, wounds and gashes to his head, face and neck, and one of the baby-sitter’s arms was broken, said Jim Wells, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
“The boy was basically mutilated,” Wells said.
A neighbor said the dog had never lashed out before.
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