Posted on 08/09/2010 12:46:27 AM PDT by Chet 99
Updated: Aug 08, 2010 5:00 AM PDT
By Arnold Wyrick - bio | email
BUSH, IL (KFVS) -A 5-year-old boy is clinging to life after being attacked by pit bull dogs while he played in the city park.
The brutal attack on little Winston Bankston happened on Friday morning at the Village of Bush public park.
Winston and his brother were playing on the playground equipment when the dogs attacked.
Bush city worker Lester Taylor heard the boy's mother screaming for help.
"I was checking water meter, and I heard this woman screaming," said Taylor.
" I look up and I don't see anyone. So I get in my truck and come around the corner. And that's when I see three pit bulls on woman and kid biting them and chewing them up. I drove straight for them honking my horn and screaming at the dogs."
Taylor was able to distract the dogs long enough for Regina Culpepper to scoop up little Winston and run into the village hall.
"Scared me to death, I hope I never have to see anything like that again in my life," Taylor said.
Hurst Chief of Police Ron Harvel was the first officer on the scene. He described is as the worst thing he's ever seen in his years in law enforcement.
"What I saw was a horrific scene, the mother was sitting on the floor holding the child covered in blood, the child covered in blood. I was shocked," Chief Ron Harvel said.
"I ran back outside and called for an ambulance. That's when I saw the dogs over on the west side of the park by a big tree. I grabbed my shotgun and killed one and wounded another one."
Winston was airlifted to a Saint Louis hospital in critical condition.
"I spoke with a member of the family this morning. And Winston is in ICU at Cardinal Glennon, he is in a medical induced coma and on a ventilator," Chief Harvel said.
The Williamson County Sheriff's office is now handling the investigation into the dog attack.
If the kid dies, the owners of the dog should be charged with murder/manslaughter.
Apparently the owner of these three vicious animals was nowhere to be found.
Prayers for the little boy. I can’t imagine the hell his family is in right now.
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Prayers Up for the little one and his kin,,,
May the truck be with you...
While pit bulls have not attacked me yet, I have been around them and sitting in the same truck with them can give one an idea of their enormous power.
Shoot the dogs; hang the owners.
Gotta give your post a big ol’BTTT...
Digusting. Why these animals can’t be controlled. How do dog owner rights outweigh what is happening to these children?
Did you mean bttt
I guess I am not a conservative, since all of the conservatives on here are against Pit Bulls.
This mess will never stop till the insurance companies
won't insure homes that have pits in them,,,
Why should I have to pay higher rates to a company when
some AssClown wants to have some animal that kills/mauls
people,,,
Can I have a Tiger,,,?
Can I have a bear,,,?
Can I have an alligator,,,?
No!!!
I would have to pay more to an insurance company...
Whether the subject is pit bulls, the Mormon Church, or NASCAR matters not. Do you think it follows conservative tenet to censor topics some don't care for? And, would it be consistent, or not, with being a conservative to exercise self-discipline and avoid topics that one dislikes?
Prayers for that poor little child.
To the people who let their dogs loose, there are no printable words.
Nobody forced you to click on this thread.
A real conservative would simply ignore it and move on, rather than to suggest that another’s right to free speech should be abridged.
Pit bulls fall right in there with rappers, gangbangers, tattoos, piercings and baggy pants. I have no use for any of them.
All pit bulls and muslims should be neutered or spayed forthwith.
Then don't read them. Will Rogers once said "your right to swing your fist ends at my nose." Dog owners have been "swinging their fists" beyond this limit for years.
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