UPDATE: Owner Arrested After Pit Bull Kills Child, Hurts Others

ATLANTA, GA — Police arrested the owner of one of the pit bulls that fatally injured a child and severely injured two others early Tuesday, according to local reports.

A group of kids were walking to school in southwest Atlanta when three dogs jumped out, mauling three of them, witnesses told news outlets on the scene. The three children were rushed to the hospital.

"The injuries are very severe. One of the kids is deceased; the others are being evaluated at this time," an Atlanta police spokesman told WSB-TV.

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According to police, 6-year-old Logan Braatz succumbed to injuries suffered in the vicious attack. Five-year-old Syrai Sanders was seriously hurt. Another child was treated at the hospital but released with non-life-threatening injuries, according to WXIA.

As details continued to emerge, a portrait of children fighting back began to take shape.

“We had some brave kids,” Atlanta police Sgt. Warren Pickard told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Some kids ran back to the scene to try to pull the dogs off the children that were injured.”

Neighbors were awakened by the screams of the children, according to local media on the scene. Many homeowners rushed outside with baseball bats, knives and other instruments in an attempt to shoo the dogs away.

The attack happened in the 1200 block of Gideons Drive near Jasper Street.

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First responders and medical personnel from Grady Memorial Hospital are on the scene early, police told WSB.

According to WGCL, two of the three children hurt in the attack were rushed to the Children's Healthcare at Egleston for emergency surgery.

A witness told WSB-TV that he "chased the dog" away and "picked the little child's lifeless body up."

The funeral for Logan was held this past weekend in Lawrenceville. Attorney Andrew Goldner announced that his law firm will represent the child's family. On the firm's Facebook page, Goldner said Logan loved Georgia's sports teams:
"Joshua S. Stein and I have been asked to represent the family of the 6 year-old boy, Logan Braatz, who was mauled and tragically killed during this attack. As one would imagine, the Braatz family is devastated and attempting to deal with the greatest loss imaginable. Logan was a wonderful little boy—energetic, happy, and full of joy. Logan simply made everyone around him a better person. Logan was a huge sports fan and loved the Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Bulldogs. He was described by his family as an “old soul” who even at the young age of 6 took care of everyone around him."

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