2-month-old boy killed by family's pet pit bull

DALLAS — A 2-month-old boy is dead and his mother injured in an attack by a pit bull Sunday afternoon, police said.

Just before 5 p.m., the boy was inside the family's Dallas home with his father when the father went outside to turn on the sprinklers, according to police.

The family's pet pit bull attacked the boy, who was in a bouncing seat, while the father was outside.

The dog bit the boy's mother twice as she was trying to pull the child away, police said.

The father dragged the dog off of the boy and shot the dog twice outside, police said.

Police said the baby was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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