Crime & Safety

Pit Bull Attacks 1-Year-Old On NYC Street: See Video

Video footage shows bystanders trying to pull the dog off the boy.

NEW YORK CITY — A video circulating on social media shows an unleashed pit bull attacking and injuring a 1-year-old boy on a Manhattan street.

Video footage shows bystanders trying to pull the dog off the boy outside a Santander Bank on East 13th Street and Broadway on Sunday.

Police confirmed the incident happened around 11:10 a.m.

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The alleged dog owner can be seen pulling on the dog leash, while a woman — presumed to be the boy's mother — can be heard crying out for help.

“Call the police. Someone pull him off! Someone please."

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A couple of bystanders try to get the pit bull off by kicking the animal and putting it in a headlock, but to no avail.

The Pitbull finally released the child after another bystander grabbed the dog’s private parts, according to the New York Post.

“Brother, that’s crazy,” a man filming the attack can be heard saying.

“Oh my God. There is a hole in his f–king leg, bro. There is a hole in that boy’s leg.”

The 1-year-old was suffered multiple leg lacerations and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

The dog owner is not facing criminal charges, police said.

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