1-year-old girl killed by family Dog in Illinois

ILLNOIS- A 1-year-old girl was killed by her family’s dog after she got to close to it’s food.

A’myrikal Hull was attacked by the female pocket bully, which is a Patterdale mix after she got too close to the dog as it was eating food, according to the family, reports the State Journal-Register.

“The baby walked by the dog as she was eating and reached for her food,” family friend Cory Painter told the State Journal-Register.

The dog bit Hull on her head, and two family members had to pry the dog off of her.

Hull was taken to a Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on March 18.

The dog, who the family owned for 4 years, was taken in by Animal Control.

There is an active investigation.

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