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HOUSTON -- A deputy opened fire on two pit bulls Tuesday morning after the animals mauled a 4-year-old boy near his west Harris County home, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Authorities with the Harris County Sheriff's Department said the pit bulls escaped through a hole under the fence of their home in the 15700 block of South Alley Court and attacked the boy at about 9 a.m. as he walked to school with his mom.
Nearby resident Lawrence Tyler told KPRC Local 2 that he went outside to help after hearing violent screams from the attack.
"I came outside and I saw the dog actually chewing on the kid. I grabbed a chair and a knife and I came outside and was shooing the white (dog) away," Tyler said. "Police were shooting at the black (dog)."
LifeFlight transported the child to Memorial Hermann Hospital with bites and lacerations. The boy is expected to recover. He received several stitches.
"I didn't actually see his injuries but he had several bite marks to the back and his legs," Harris County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Quincy Whitaker said.
Someone flagged down a deputy, who fired several gunshots at both dogs.
"He fired once, the dog went to his knees, stood back up. He fired again and the dog laid there. The other dog took a couple of steps back and remained there," Whitaker said.
The bullets grazed the front leg of one of the dogs. That dog is expected to survive. The other dog was not struck.
Both animals have been placed in quarantine for 10 days. A judge will then rule whether the dogs will live.
The family said the dogs have never attacked anyone before and described them as good pets. The owners had no idea the dogs escaped.
Neighbors want the animals put down.
"Once a dog attacks, it needs to go down. And I love animals, but I don't tolerate that kind of violence and certainly never, ever with a child," neighbor Jill Pickett said.
Deputies issued the owners three citations for each dog for no leash, no tags and for letting the dogs roam free.
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