NORWICH - The pit bull that attacked and killed a Norwich baby on Monday has been taken to the city’s animal control pound as the investigation into the tragedy continues.
Norwich police Lt. Anthony Gomes said Tuesday that severe dog attack incidents typically end with the animal being euthanized.
“Even when it’s just a dog bite, there’s a three-pronged approach to how the animal is handled, but in incidents like this, the dog is generally put down,” he said.
Patrol officers were dispatched to 36 McKinley Ave. at 8:39 p.m. for a report of a dog attack made by a family pet. Arriving officers found a month-old infant at the scene who succumbed to injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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A Norwich infant was killed in a dog attack late Monday, and the child s father was later named as a person of interest in a suspected arson in New London early Tuesday.
New London police on Tuesday morning identified the infant s father, Timothy Settles, 32, as a person of interest to be questioned with respect to an arson investigation. New London police Chief Peter Reichard, addressing news media outside the burned home at 10 Rosemary St., said Settles was at the home prior to the start of the fire.
Settles is the father of 1-month-old Carter Settles, who died in the dog attack at 36 McKinley Ave. in Norwich about 8:40 p.m. Monday, police said.