(New York, NY) — NYPD cops say it was the family dog that mauled a 1-month-old infant girl to death in her Queens home on Tuesday. The baby was pronounced dead at the scene outside the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. Neighbors say the family’s German Shepard attacked the infant as she slept in her parent’s bed. The dog was removed from the apartment by animal control.
The little girl’s mother told police her daughter was sleeping in between family members when the dog jumped up on the bed and bit the girl’s face. EMTs raced to the scene to try to save the newborn, but were unable to do so.
The family reportedly had two dogs in the apartment. One a German Shepard, the other a pit bull. Some in the Queensbridge Houses say there are too many untrained dogs roaming the hallways of buildings, and they have been worried about attacks like the one that took place on Tuesday.
