A 2-year-old Kentucky boy is dead after a pit bull that was known to be aggressive mauled the child inside his home despite the valiant efforts of neighbors who eventually scared the dog away, multiple outlets report.
On Friday, the coroner’s office identified the child as Isaiah Geiling, age 2
On Thursday morning, just before noon, the boy’s grandmother raced to a nearby house in west Louisville, banging on the door and screaming for help, neighbor Shelby Chadwell told local stations WLKY and WDRB.
“It was a ferocious dog,” adding that her cousin bashed sticks together to scare the dog away.
Chadwell immediately started performing CPR on the severely wounded child.
Several officers who arrived also performed CPR on the child before he was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died 75 minutes later, WDRB reports.
It was not immediately clear who owned the dog. The Louisville Metro Police Department, Louisville Metro Animal Services, and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s calls for comment.
The child’s grandmother, Cynthia Coy, says her grandson’s death comes just two weeks after the dog had attacked the boy, WLKY reports.
“About three weeks ago, he had attacked him and got his ear,” Coy told WLKY. “We even have a picture of it. So, obviously, the dog has attacked him before. Why it happened again, I’m not aware.”
The child died from multiple blunt force injuries, according to the coroner, WAVE 3 News reports.
2-Year-Old Kentucky Boy Is Mauled to Death by 'Ferocious' Pit Bull Who Had Attacked Him Previously
"The dog has attacked him before," the boy's grandmother said
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