Dog that killed boy, 3, was visiting base

[unhappycamper]

Dog that killed boy, 3, was visiting base
By Trista Talton - Staff report
Posted : Friday May 16, 2008 7:10:55 EDT

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The owner of a pit bull that attacked and killed a 3-year-old boy here Wednesday was a civilian visiting the home where the attack occurred, a base spokesman said.

The civilian, whose name has not been released, was an acquaintance of the boy’s family and did not live in base housing, Maj. Nat Fahy said during a news conference Thursday afternoon.

Julian Slack died shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday at Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville. The hospital is a short drive from Lejeune’s Tarawa Terrace I, the housing development where Slack lived with his mother and father, a corporal with 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group.

A baby sitter was watching Slack when “an acquaintance of this Marine visited the home of the child,” Fahy said. At some point, the dog was let into the home. The dog became excited by the child’s reaction and attacked Slack about 4 p.m., Fahy said.

Slack’s parents pulled into the driveway as their child was being attacked and took him to the hospital. He died of blood loss, according to a medical examiner interviewed by the Jacksonville Daily News. His death has been ruled an accident.


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[patrice]

1. "God" be with the boy's parents. nt