A 3-year-old girl is in stable condition after she was attacked by a dog at a Taylor mobile home community on Wednesday, police said.
Officials said the girl suffered injuries to her face and legs and requires multiple surgeries for her wounds.
Taylor Police Lt. Frank Canning said the incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. at the Robinwood Villa mobile home community located on Beech Daly Road near Ecorse Road.
According to a preliminary investigation, the girl was outside with her mother. The child walked a couple of doors down from her home to pet a dog that was also outside, Canning said.
As she approached the dog, another one inside a residence escaped through a storm door and began attacking the girl, he said. The dog involved in the attack was identified as a pit bull, the lieutenant added.
Canning said a man nearby saw the attack and used a computer tablet to repeatedly strike the dog until it released the girl. The good Samaritan then took the child to her mother.
Police said the woman took her daughter to a hospital.
Taylor Animal Control officers took the dog into custody, Canning said.
The incident follows other dog attacks in southeast Michigan.
Last month, a Flint mail carrier was honored for chasing away a pit bull attacking a young girl along her mail route.
In January, a Detroit couple and owners of dogs that attacked and killed a father of six in 2024 were sentenced to prison. The man was given 30 months to 15 years in prison and his wife got probation for three years.
Last May, a Farmington Hills man was mauled to death by his family’s dog.
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