DEVELOPING STORY: A five-month-old baby his two-year-old sister were killed after they were mauled by the family’s dogs.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Dept. says the mother of the children was critically injured in the attack near Shelby Forest State Park. She was taken to Regional One Hospital.First responders were summoned to the gruesome scene around 3:30 p.m. The children were found dead at the scene.
Television station WREG reports the dogs were pitbulls. The dogs were confiscated by animal control.
There’s no word on what led to the attack.
The KWAM news team is following this story and will provide more details at 6 a.m. on “Wake up Memphis With Tim Van Horn.” Click here to download the free KWAM APP to listen.SCSO detectives are on scene at the 700 block of Sylvan Road near Shelby Forest State Park, where at about 3:30 pm two family dogs attacked a 2-year-old girl, a 5-month-old boy, and their mother in the home. The children were pronounced deceased on the scene. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/2IzlBedyjs
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