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Waterloo Police Department Capt. Jason Feaker said that the canine bit the victims inside their Iowa home on Thursday, before police received a call about the incident around 7:22 a.m. local time.
The woman’s injuries are considered serious, according to police. She was taken to Allen Hospital before she was later flown to the University of Iowa Hospital.
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The woman was reportedly the infant’s grandmother, according toABC News. She was injured while trying to intervene when the family pet attacked.
Feaker said the dog was sent to Iowa State University for further testing after being euthanized, per the outlet.
“No names are being released pending notification of family members,” headded in a release. “This is an ongoing investigation.”
The Waterloo Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for additional comment.
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The Iowa incident follows several other deadly dog attacks that occurred this year.
Father Joshua Carr said at the time that he rushed to his son’s side when he was “screaming at the top of his lungs,” and saw “a huge puddle of blood underneath of him.”
“As cliché as it sounds, I immediately thought ofGrey’s Anatomy, and I took my belt off that I was wearing and wrapped it around his arm to stop the bleeding as I was calling 911,” he said.
Previously, in February,six-year-old Lily Nortonunderwent a 12-hour surgery and got over 1,000 stitches after a dog attacked her and bit her face. AGoFundMe campaigncreated on her behalf explained that the stitches were below her eyes to her chin, following the attack at a friend’s house.
“They were going to play cards at the table, so she sat down at the table, the friend went and got the cards, and then as soon as the friend walked back in the room, she screamed to her mom because the dog had Lily in her mouth,” the girl’s mother, Dorothy Norton,told News Center Maine.
“And she doesn’t hate all dogs, at least; that’s what she told me. She just doesn’t want to see that one again,” she continued.
source: people.com
