When officers arrived at the scene they found the boy unconscious. The boy's mother was also severely injured when she tried to fight off four dogs.
A 7-year-old boy died and his mother suffered serious injuries after a pack of dogs attacked them in Idaho over the weekend, officials said. said involved four dogs, took place Jan. 21 on the Fort Hall Reservation in the southeastern part of the state, 40 miles south of Idaho Falls.posted on Facebook Tuesday, Fort Hall Police Department officers were dispatched to a home for a report of a boy who had been attacked by multiple dogs.
Neither police nor tribal authorities identified the dog owners and both could not immediately be reached by USA TODAY early Wednesday.The mother and son lived in a RV behind the home where the dogs lived and the attack took place, according toThe mom was alerted when her son left the RV and did not return after a few minutes, the outlet reported. She found him face down on the home's front porch with the dogs mauling him.
“We would like to ask the public to respect the privacy of the family at this time," Fort Hall Business Council Vice Chair Donna Thompson released in a statement. “ would like to offer their sincere condolences to the family of the young man who lost his life in this tragic incident."
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