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Mayra Castillo, the devastated mom of Amiyah Dunston of Baldwin, clutched her 9-year-old daughter’s denim jacket as she left her home with friends to pick out funeral clothes for the girl, family said.
“Amiyah Kayla was a phenomenal little girl who has touched many lives with her presence, smiles and laughs. We thank you for all your support and prayers,” said Brian Willis, Castillo’s fiancé who helped raise Amiyah, to reporters. “Just please let us mourn our terrible, tragic loss.”
Amiyah was visiting her biological father, Tramel Dunston, at 236 Holland Ave. when she was attacked by the pit bull named Kane at around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Willis.
Dunston had been crashing at the Elmont home and was friends with the dog’s owner, Carlyle Arnold, Willis said.
Amiyah had been playing with two little pals in the back yard when Arnold’s 2-year-old male pit bull charged at her, refusing to let go despite the efforts of several neighbors to free her.
“He was holding her somewhere on the side — I don’t know if it was the ears or the neck — and he was throwing her around like a rag doll,” said a next-door neighbor.
“The two [other] little girls ran down the street, screaming, ‘Help! Help! Help!’ I tried to take my broom and push the dog off through the fence. And the doctor up the block was trying to help, too. He threw a garbage can at the dog, but he wouldn’t let her go.’’
When cops arrived, the dog tried to attack them, and one of the responding officers fired three shots and killed him, authorities said.
Meanwhile, the mortally injured child was rushed to Franklin Hospital, but died a few hours later, with bites all over her body.
Arnold’s father, Carlyle Sr., said he was stunned that Kane would attack a child.
“I don’t know what to say, what to do,’’ the dad said. “This is crazy. I’m getting off of work, and now I’m in a horror scene.”
Arnold’s uncle, Anthony Jett — who lives in the house where the attack occurred but wasn’t home at the time — said Kane was a tough dog but usually interacted well with people. (
)Source: http://nypost.com/2015/11/09/family-mourns-loving-daughter-mauled-to-death-by-pit-bull/
In b4 "its all about how the dog is raised," or random comparisons between pitbulls and black people
RIP to that young girl. How many more people have to get mauled to death before we do something about this troubled breed?!?!
