9 year old dies after mauling by 3 dogs on Detroit's west side
DETROIT (FOX 2)
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WEB UPDATE (8:46 p.m.): FOX 2's Randy Wimbley reports the owner of the dogs is under arrest by police.
Police are at the scene of a dog mauling that killed a child Monday on the city's west side.
A 9-year-old girl was mauled by three dogs in the 6000 block of Central Street near Smart between 4:30 and 5 p.m. A neighbor shot one of the dogs, according to to Detroit Fire.
The girl had been walking through an alley when the dogs came out of the yard of a house nearby and attacked the child.
The dogs were turned over to animal control while the investigation continues.The girl was transported to Detroit Children's Hospital where she died from her injuries.
"I went outside and saw three dogs nearly attacking a little girl. I grabbed a brick, threw it at them, they all ran out, I don't know where they all went. So I stayed with the girl to makes sure she was okay and yelled out for help," said a neighbor.