By Associated Press - Monday, January 23, 2017

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Police in Wichita, Kansas, are asking for the public’s help in finding a brown-and-white pit bull suspected of seriously injuring a 4-year-old boy.

Police say the boy was hospitalized with more than 50 lacerations after the attack that took place Monday while was playing in a yard.

Police say that when an adult came out of the house to help the boy, the dog attacked the child a second time.



Investigators say the boy’s injuries are not considered life-threatening.

Police say the dog may have been a stray animal.

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