Boy Killed By Mauling, Three Dogs Euthanized
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jan 12, 2009 3:40PM
Just days after two Joliet sisters were mauled by a family dog, four-year old Alex Angulo was fatally mauled by his family's rottweiler yesterday. Alex, a foster child who had been with the family since August 2007, was found at 3:18 p.m. in his backyard by his father and later pronounced dead on arrival at Holy Cross Hospital yesterday afternoon shortly after 4:15 p.m. Three dogs in all were taken from the house by the Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control: two rottweilers (one male, one female) and a poodle. While officials weren't sure which dog was directly involved in the mauling, all three have been euthanized. Neighbors told police that while the dogs were usually confined to the yard, they were known to escape and roam the neighborhood and were considered aggressive. One neighbor said, "The dog was kind of scary." Police have not filed any charges yet. [Trib, NBC5]