WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Wichita, Kansas, are asking for the public’s help in finding a brown-and-white pit bull suspected of seriously injuring a 4-year-old boy.
Police say the boy was hospitalized with more than 50 lacerations after the attack that took place Monday while was playing in a yard.
Police say that when an adult came out of the house to help the boy, the dog attacked the child a second time.
Investigators say the boy’s injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Police say the dog may have been a stray animal.