Mother Kills Pit Bull after Dog Attacks Daughter
It’s not every day that New Jersey dog lawyers come across cases where a dog had to be killed by a victim in the middle of an attack. Something like that happened in Georgia last week. A 12-year-old girl was attacked by a pit bull, and the attack only stopped when the girl’s mother grabbed a knife brick and killed the dog.
The victim Alexus Williams, had gone to a friend’s house to pick her up. When the door opened, the pit bulled lunged at her. Alexis’ mother rushed to help her. She and another person in the friend’s house tried to pull the pit bull off Alexus, but could not do so. Alexus’s mother then grabbed a nearby brick, and struck the dog on the head. She then grabbed a knife, and attacked the pit bull. The pill bull ultimately died.
Alexus has suffered severe facial injuries and bite wounds just about everywhere on her body. According to her mother, she has dog bite marks on her jaw, chest, arms and hips. What makes this sadder is that Alexus’ family is dealing with the fall out of a bad economy. They are already struggling financially, and finding the funds to get the kind of cosmetic surgery that Alexus need to regain her former appearance, is going to be hard. The owner of the dog has been cited for letting his dog free, but criminal charges have not yet been filed.
My heart goes out to Alexus and her family for whom this attack has come as a rude shock, and not even during the best of economic times. Alexus is likely already traumatized by the attack. For a 12-year-old girl, the worst thing can be the thought that she may have her face scarred from the bite marks. I hope that Alexus and her family talk to a dog bite lawyer in the area who can guide them about what to do next.
Scott Grossman is a New Jersey dog bite lawyer representing injured victims of dog bite attacks in Monmouth, Bergen, Passaic and Ocean Counties, and across New Jersey.
