SPRINGFIELD — Two people are in the hospital and one dog is dead after a series of dog attacks in Springfield on Saturday.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, the attacks began on West Liberty Street where an 11-year-old boy was mauled, then continued onto a bike path near Noel Drive.
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Rashaad Abston is the 11-year-old boy’s uncle.
“He was bleeding pretty good,” Abston said.
He said the boy was outside playing with a half dozen children behind his home when two dogs attacked him.
“They’re small children, they’re not, they’re not big people, they can’t really fight it off,” Abston said.
News Center 7 obtained body camera video from Springfield police as they met with the medical professional who helped the boy at the hospital.
“He’s got exposed bones, muscles, tendons, both arms, both legs,” one professional is heard saying.
The boy was transferred to the Dayton Children’s Hospital for further treatment.
Springfield police received calls about another dog attack, believed to involve the same two dogs, around 15 minutes later.
Linda Sue Stampley said she heard yelling at her house, which is by a bike path near Noel Drive.
She told the victim, an adult woman, to sit on her porch while she called for help.
“You could see the blood, there was plenty of blood,” Stampley said.
Body camera footage from the scene shows paramedics helping the victim, whose jacket and hands were covered in blood.
Stampley told police she wasn’t sure how the woman escaped the two dogs, according to a Springfield police incident report.
The two dogs were described as pit bulls or pit-mixes in the report.
Springfield police told News Center 7 that they received reports of gunfire moments after the second attack.
They learned that three or more people fired shots at the two dogs when they ran at them.
Families of the victims said none of this should have happened.
“They should be able to go outside and play without having to worry about two dogs coming up to him and just getting instantly vicious with him,” Abston said.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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