Police shoot canine in North Aurora after animal assaults 6-year-old boy and canine’s proprietor

NORTH AURORA, Unwell. (CBS) — Police in North Aurora reported officers needed to shoot a canine Thursday afternoon after the canine attacked a 6-year-old boy and the animal’s proprietor.

Police had been known as to the 200 block of Hidden Creek Lane in North Aurora, simply off Oak Road, for a report of a canine assault in progress.

When officers arrived, the canine was attacking his proprietor inside the house, which was locked. Firefighters helped rescue a 2-year-old boy by way of a window earlier than officers had been capable of get inside to rescue the canine’s proprietor.

When the canine’s proprietor appeared from round a nook, coated in blood, an officer fired 4 pictures on the canine, fearing it will assault police and firefighters, or bystanders within the neighborhood. The canine ran away and was later discovered alive underneath a mattress, and was taken away by an animal management officer.

Police realized the canine had been attacking a 6-year-old boy who doesn’t dwell on the residence, and the kid’s mom suffered accidents to her palms whereas releasing the boy. The canine then started attacking its proprietor, a person who lived on the residence.

Each the boy and the canine’s proprietor had been taken to the hospital. Police mentioned the boy suffered severe accidents. The person’s situation was not out there.