Hero girl, 13, held boy, 1, over her head to try and save him from babysitter's three vicious pit bulls that killed him

A heroic 13-year-old miss 'made each effort possible' to prevention a one-year-old lad from a pit bull but tragically was incapable forestall his death. 

Jiryiah Johnson was expected to beryllium successful the attraction of his babysitter, Heather Rodriguez, 36, erstwhile her pit bulls mauled him wrong her Converse, Texas location connected Monday. 

Rodriguez had near the kid unsocial with her teenage girl and the 3 convulsive dogs.

When the dogs started to onslaught the baby, the teen desperately tried to support him but ended up successful a 'tug-of-war for the baby' with 1 of the dogs, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said.

'She made each effort possible, adjacent lifting that babe implicit her head, but my knowing is the canine climbed onto thing and was capable to get the babe retired of her hands,' helium told KSAT.

The different 2 dogs jumped into the onslaught arsenic the miss ran astir the location trying to get the kid distant from the dogs. She tried to instrumentality Jiryiah into the bathroom, but the dogs continued their chase.

Realizing the danger, she tried to get her cellphone to telephone for help. 

The teen tried to unopen her and Jiryiah successful a chamber to hold for the constabulary to arrive, but the dogs spot done and wrecked the doorway to get wrong the room.

Rodriguez returned location arsenic the deputies were trying to get into the house. She was capable to get the dogs outside.  

'She seemed to beryllium much acrophobic with what was going connected with those dogs,' Salazar said astir Rodriguez. 

Jiryiah was taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center successful captious condition. He was bitten connected his cervix and face.

He died connected Monday nighttime aft helium was transferred to University Hospital aft having aggregate surgeries. 

'I couldn't imagine,' a pistillate surviving successful the vicinity who was shocked by the incidental told KSAT. 

The heroic miss was besides bitten respective times during the attack.

'It’s a heartbreaking scenario,' Salazar said. 

Jiryiah's devastated mother, Erika Castro, told KENS5 that she could not process the attack.

'I’ve been shaking, I’ve been having panic attacks,' Castro said.

'I privation she’d stayed similar she said she would’ve,' she added astir Rodriguez. 

Castro said she was told that the dogs would beryllium kept distant from her son.  

One of the dogs has been taken into custody - meaning Rodriguez has mislaid each rights to it - and the different 2 were taken by carnal control. 

Rodriguez was arrested and charged with wounded to a kid with superior bodily wounded by omission.

She whitethorn look much charges for her daughter's injuries. Child Protective Services is investigating the lawsuit and Rodriguez is being held successful Bexar County Jail connected $100,000 bond. 

In April, Rodriguez received a citation erstwhile her unleashed dogs would not fto a antheral retired of his car. 

Salazar said that Jiryiah's parents knew that Rodriguez had 3 ample pit bulls, but did not cognize they were violently behaved. 

'If you person a canine similar that, that you cognize is vicious, you cognize is simply a problem, for 1 thing, don't adjacent bring babies into the house, particularly idiosyncratic else's baby,' Salazar told KSAT. 

Castro told KENS5 that she is thankful for Rodriguez's girl due to the fact that she 'did her best.'

A GoFundMe for Castro and Jiryiah's begetter Julian Johnson has been made to money ceremonial and aesculapian costs.

'I can’t ideate what you and your household are going through. Although nary words volition marque you consciousness better, I anticipation you combat for justness for your precious small one,' Ashlie Vargas, a GoFundMe donor wrote. 

Castro described her babe arsenic a 'goofy' and loving lad who loved dinosaurs and Bluey, the cartoon.