Local 6 yr old boy killed by dog

WTAJ ^ | May 25, 2018 | John Clay

[Norski]

This is an update to the situation, as of today. Thank you all.

UPDATE 05/26/18: On Saturday, Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross officially identified the 6-year old boy killed Thursday by a family pit bull as Gauge Eckenrode. A fundraiser started by Taylor Crawford on May 24 had already done so. Logan Township Police Chief David Reese confirmed that family members tried to stop the attack by stabbing the dog. Police ultimately killed the dog. The dog was a “rescued pit bull” and had belonged to the family for several years, Reese said.

No other information was released about the pit bull, such as which rescue agency was involved, the dog’s gender or spay/neuter status.

The boy’s family had two dogs, according to news reports. The attacking pit bull was killed, and the family asked authorities to take away their other dog. The deadly attack occurred inside the family’s home, Rick Vaughan said, a spokesman for the family. The child’s father was cutting grass when he heard the mother screaming and discovered “the dog on the boy.” By stabbing the dog, the father was able to get the animal off the child, but “It was already too late,” Vaughan said.

[cynwoody]

How does a dog cause death by “blunt force trauma”?

Jaws!

And relentless persistence.