The girl s family members want the dog s owner to take responsibility for what happened. ABC13 s Mycah Hatfield shares their story in the video above. WARNING: Some of the images may be graphic.
As Cleveratta Gordon-Waldroup, the girl s mother, grabbed the child to assess her injuries, her father, James Waldroup, went after the dog s handler, who was leaving the premise.
In new surveillance video obtained by ABC13 on Tuesday, the woman and the dog are seen walking down the sidewalk with the girl s father walking not far behind her.
The video does not include audio, but body language indicates an exchange between the two.
The investigation into the handler of a dog seen wearing a service vest that bit a 3-year-old girl in Old Town Spring is underway and new surveillance video has been discovered.
OLD TOWN SPRING, Texas – Ronin Waldroup, 3, is slowly recovering after she was attacked by a dog inside a restaurant in Old Town Spring Saturday afternoon.
“Right now, she’s going to be in a lot of pain, she’s in a lot of pain,” said Ronin’s mother, Cleveratta Gordon Waldroup.
Cleveratta Waldroup said they came out as a family to get something to eat and as soon as they stepped inside the restaurant, their daughter was mauled.
“It was instantaneous. There was a massive Pittbull (with) a service vest and he just lashed out at her,” Cleveratta Waldroup said.
GRAPHIC: Girl, 3, bitten by dog wearing service vest in Texas restaurant By KTRK Staff | January 12, 2021 at 4:59 AM CST - Updated January 12 at 5:07 AM
SPRING, Texas (KTRK) - A 3-year-old girl is recovering from receiving several stitches in the face after she was attacked by a dog wearing a service vest inside a Texas restaurant.
Ronin Waldroup, 3, and her family had just arrived Saturday at the Loose Caboose, a restaurant in Spring, Texas, with a close family friend. The toddler was leading the group to the line to order when she came face-to-face with a dog wearing a service vest that the family described as a pit bull.
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Cleveratta Gordon Waldroup says a woman had a Pit Bull on a leash that was wearing a service animal vest.
HOUSTON - UPDATE: FOX 26 has learned that the dog involved in the incident has been taken to the Montgomery County Animal Shelter where a hearing will take place.
We re told the hearing will be held on Friday, January 22 at 9 a.m.
The mother of the girl who was attacked by the pitbull said that charges have not been filed against the dog s owner.