Posted on 02/14/2005 12:32:07 PM PST by ambrose
PIT BULL MAULS GRANNY
By MICHAEL WHITE and ANDY GELLER
February 14, 2005 -- A 67-year-old Queens grandmother who had just left church was mauled by a pit bull yesterday as her terrified grandchildren watched in horror.
The dog bit a screaming Jeannette Metellus on the arms, legs and bottom before a neighbor hit him with a shovel and kept the snarling animal at bay until the cops came.
Metellus received stitches at Long Island Jewish Hospital.
The attack occurred about 10:45 a.m. outside 218-03 104th Ave. in Queens Village, where Metellus and family gather after Mass at nearby First Revelation Church.
Max the pit bull, who lived next door, got loose when Kathleen Antoine, sister of his owner, went into the yard. Max bit her ankle and ran off. Metellus, carrying a tin with food, was outside talking to her grandsons, Allan Charles, 10, and Daniel Civilne, 11.
"The dog started sniffing her," Allan said. "She pushed him away with her purse, and then he took her down."
Metellus' granddaughter, Joanne Clermont, 17, added: "She was on the ground, and the dog was grabbing and biting her arm. She was shaking."
Relatives struck Max with purses and even a rolled-up carpet, to no avail. Then neighbor Peter Gilles, 41, hit him in the head with a shovel.
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