Ladies and Gents....a "real life" scenario for you to ponder:
You live on a quiet suburban street. Two young children are being escorted by an adult door to door while they make an effort at collecting for a fundraiser. It is a pleasant Saturday afternoon. The two boys arrive at a house in the neighborhood (the wrong house) and are met by 3 Pit Bulls...who escape from their owner's home and attack them. From inside your home you hear a ruckus and come outside and see the three dogs mauling a young boy. What do you do?
This just happened on Saturday in one of Chicago's far northwest suburbs. The final tally was:
Owner gets his thumb bit off.
One boy in critical condition.
One boy in serious condition.
Father attacked.
Neighbor attacked.
Finally police arrive and rack up 3 dead Pit Bulls.
Sadly...Illinois is not a CCW state. Nor is it terribly friendly to gun owners...I am surprised that not one neighbor had at least a shotgun available.
You live on a quiet suburban street. Two young children are being escorted by an adult door to door while they make an effort at collecting for a fundraiser. It is a pleasant Saturday afternoon. The two boys arrive at a house in the neighborhood (the wrong house) and are met by 3 Pit Bulls...who escape from their owner's home and attack them. From inside your home you hear a ruckus and come outside and see the three dogs mauling a young boy. What do you do?
This just happened on Saturday in one of Chicago's far northwest suburbs. The final tally was:
Owner gets his thumb bit off.
One boy in critical condition.
One boy in serious condition.
Father attacked.
Neighbor attacked.
Finally police arrive and rack up 3 dead Pit Bulls.
Sadly...Illinois is not a CCW state. Nor is it terribly friendly to gun owners...I am surprised that not one neighbor had at least a shotgun available.
Escaped Pit Bulls Attack Six in Illinois
CARY, Ill. - A 10-year-old boy was in critical condition Sunday after three pit bulls escaped from a home and went on a rampage, attacking six people before police shot and killed the dogs, authorities said.
No charges had been filed Sunday, but McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren said it was being investigated as a crime scene.
Neighbors said the attacks started late Saturday afternoon when children going door-to-door for a fund-raiser arrived at the home of Scott Sword, 41, who owned the dogs.
"We had music playing, and I heard this bizarre sound," said Debby Rivera, who lives three houses away. "I looked out the window, and I saw a young boy. The dogs were just jumping on him."
"The screams were horrible," she said. The dogs were "relentless, like they were possessed."
The pit bulls attacked the two children, and when the dogs' owner tried to stop them, the dogs turned on him and bit off his thumb, Nygren said. The boy's father also tried to protect his son and was attacked. The dogs went after another neighbor as well.
"The scene sprawled over a couple blocks, it was a very chaotic scene," said Lt. Michael Douglas of the Cary Fire Protection District.
Residents threw rocks at the dogs and honked car horns to try to distract them from attacking before police arrived and shot the animals.
Jim Malone said he and a neighbor tried to beat the dogs back with baseball bats. "He'd hit them, they'd run, and they'd come back," Malone said. "This went on for 15 minutes."
The boy who was attacked, Nick Foley, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday. His friend Jordan Lamarre, also 10, was in serious condition. Nick's father was listed in good condition. Sword and two others were treated for injuries and released.