A one-month-old baby was f*tally bitten by a family dog on Tuesday, October 8, in Torrance, California, according to the Torrance Police Department.
Around 12:34 p.m. on Tuesday, police received a report of someone bitten by an animal at a home on Martha Avenue in Torrance, located 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.
The Torrance Fire Department arrived at the scene and found that a one-month-old baby had been b!tten by the family dog.
Firefighters took the child to the hospital. Police went to the hospital, spoke with the parents, and learned that the infant had died. The Torrance police have not released the infant’s identity.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner is looking into the child’s cause of death.
Police returned to the residence for further investigation. Torrance Animal Control also arrived and took possession of the dog. The breed of the dog has not been disclosed.
A family friend, Faye Tohiti, told NBC 4 that she “can’t even imagine how the mother feels right now,” and added, “she must be devastated.”
“They’re good people. They just didn’t pay attention to what they should’ve paid attention to, which is really a trag*dy,” Tohidi told ABC 7. “It’s really sad.”
“I’m a dog person myself, and I have a dog at home, but you shouldn’t bring your infant into an environment with so many big dogs. It was wrong from the start,” she said.