N.J. cop hit by ricochet bullet as police shoot pitbulls mauling boy, 10

A New Jersey bull was deed by a ricochet slug connected Monday arsenic officers attempted to prevention a 10-year-old lad who was being attacked by dogs, according to the the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

Police successful the Borough of Sayreville, conscionable southbound of New York City, reported to the Knights Inn edifice connected Rt. 35 South soon aft 11 americium for reports of a kid being attacked by dogs.

According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, a idiosyncratic called 911 to study that a young household subordinate was being attacked by the family’s pitbulls.

When officers arrived astatine the country they saw the dogs mauling the lad and began shooting astatine the animals successful an effort to prevention the child.

During the shooting, 1 of the officers was superficially wounded by a ricochet bullet.

Both the bull and the kid were transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital to beryllium treated for their injuries. They are listed successful unchangeable condition.

Authorities did not accidental however galore dogs were progressive successful the attack. According to section media, the animals were killed by police.

The incidental remains nether investigation, officials said.

Anyone with accusation astir the incident, including surveillance footage of the area, is urged to telephone Det. Stephanie Redline astatine 732-745-3316.