GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay police continue to investigate after two dogs attacked a mom and her 15-month-old son Monday.
Police officers responded to the 1100 block of Reber Street after a mother was walking with her child in a stroller. Two pit bulls then attacked the pair.
“Investigators are going to speak with the dog owner, witnesses, all the neighbors who saw this occur to try and understand where the dogs came from and how the dogs were let out of the house,” says Capt. Kevin Warych of the Green Bay Police Department.
Warych confirms that the dog’s owner has pointed to someone she believes let them out.
“She has provided information to investigators, but I can’t release that information just in the mere fact we have to interview that person to determine that person’s involvement,” Warych says. “As of right now it’s just another name in the police report that we have to question that person’s involvement.”
Officers said a neighbor jumped in to help, and added it could have been much worse had he not intervened. The toddler is recovering from serious, but non-life-threatening injuries at a Milwaukee hospital.
“Obviously the key focus is how those dogs got out from their house and animals running at large is against a city ordinance and the investigation will determine if it’s a municipal forfeiture or criminal charge based on the incident,” adds Warych.
