4-year-old Lacey boy airlifted after attack by family pit bull

WASHINGTON -- A 4-year-old boy was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe injuries Wednesday after he was attacked by his family's pit bull in Lacey.

Deputies and medics responded to the boy's home, in the 300 block of Trailblazer Street SE, at about 11:15 a.m. after receiving reports of a dog attacking a young boy, said Lt. Cliff Ziesemer of the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.

  

Arriving at the scene, medics found that the child had been severely bitten about his face. He was taken first to St. Peter Hospital in Olympia and then airlifted to Harborview.

The child was in stable condition when he was airlifted and his injuries are not considered life-threatening, Ziesemer said.

The boy's 26-year-old mother also was bitten on the hand when she attempted to get the dog off her child.

Animal Services personnel responded to the scene and seized the 1½-year-old pit bull that attacked the boy and his mother.

(KOMO - April 1, 2015)