Ohio: “These damn pit bulls, and I know everybody likes them, I know it's just a breed of dog, but around children … he was around the dog since he was 6 weeks old and it's around 2 years old now and out of nowhere it attacked his face for nothing"

From the blog Scored Earth The Politics of Pit Bulls:

Will Mark Kumpf designate this pit bull as dangerous?
Additional news on the attack reveals that this is not the first pit bull attack in the little victim's family.  Grandfather Michael Carrico reported that another son was attacked by a pit bull a few years ago and was treated at the very same hospital.  This was a flashback for this family.  Mr. Carrico reported that he had also been attacked by a pit bull.  Dayton is pit bull hell and county dog warden Mark Kumpf  is completely ineffective in his response to the threat to the safety of the public. 

OHIO -- A 3-year-old boy is hospitalized tonight after a vicious attack by a pit bull.

Trenton Ball is recovering at Dayton Children's Hospital after the dog suddenly turned on him Thursday night and bit his face.

Reporter Natasha Williams talked to the boy's grandfather, who's been by the boy’s side since the attack and he shared some video of little Trent at the hospital. The video shows the deep bite wounds covering most of his face.

“As soon as he got past the dog it grabbed him by the face, shook him violently to the ground, tore his lip off part of his nose,” Trent’s grandfather Michael Carrico said.

He says they were visiting a friend and within minutes his grandson was being rushed to the hospital.

“Unprovoked, just out of nowhere grabbed the kid and tried to kill him,” Michael said.

Michael and his wife, Michelle, have been at the hospital around the clock since it happened.

His family has been here before. In 2007, his son was bitten by a pit bull and hospitalized. He says now it's all he can think about. He says these attacks are happening too often.

 

“These damn pit bulls, and I know everybody likes them, I know it's just a breed of dog, but around children … he was around the dog since he was 6 weeks old and it's around 2 years old now and out of nowhere it attacked his face for nothing,” Michael said.

“I am devastated. I look at my grandson like that, he's a trooper. He is strong, he's smart but his little face, it's so bad,” Michelle Carrico said.

 

Trent is in serious condition and he will be at Children's Hospital for the next couple days and will likely have years of surgeries ahead.

There’s no word on any charges against the dog’s owner.

(ABC 22 Now - Jan 9, 2016)

Earlier:

• Ohio: "The dog just grabbed him by the face and shook him like it wanted to kill him"