8-year-old girl gets stitches after a pit bull attack caught on camera
A young girl had to get stitches after being mauled by a pit bull in San Bernardino last week, in an attack caught on surveillance video.
Eight-year-old Gabby Jones was on her way to school May 11, near L and Congress streets, when the attack happened, her mother told KTLA.
“I thought I was going to die,” the second-grader told KTLA, in an interview in which she showed the injuries on her hand, leg and face.
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Surveillance video from a neighbor’s home showed the dog pulling Jones to the ground. A man quickly steps in, kicking the dog away.
“Everybody was just standing around with their cameras and he’s the only one that had the guts and the courage to go help her,” her mother, Rebecca Hernandez Patino, said.
“I’m just grateful that my baby is here,” she said.
NBCLA reported that the dog’s owner apologized to the family and said he euthanized the dog.
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