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3-year-old hospitalized after dog attack in Brooklyn Park
Multiple officers shot at both dogs, killing one and injuring the other.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — A 3-year-old child is in critical condition after they were attacked by two dogs in Brooklyn Park.
The Brooklyn Park Police Department was called to the 7500 block of Brooklyn Park Drive N. and officers found two pitbulls actively attacking the toddler, according to a release.
Multiple officers fired their service hand guns and struck both dogs, killing one and injuring the other.
The child was taken to a hospital in an ambulance and remains in critical condition, according to the department.
The injured dog was taken to a nearby animal care facility.
BPPD detectives are investigating the incident.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
The organization offers support for people who suffer from undiagnosed or particularly rare conditions.
MINNEAPOLIS — Getting sick is stressful, even more difficult if you don’t know the reasons why.
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation (UDNF) offers support and information for people who suffer from undiagnosed or particularly rare conditions. The group’s “Every Patient, Every Disease” campaign is centered around extending help to those people, with trained advocates providing guidance.
Sarah Marshall, with the UDNF, visited KARE 11 News at Noon on Wednesday to share more about her daughter’s battle with an undiagnosed health condition.
Police say the victim was severely injured in the attack, which was carried out by three pitbulls owned by the woman and her boyfriend.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — A woman is hospitalized and recovering from severe injuries after police say she was attacked by her dogs at a Brooklyn Park apartment complex.
Brooklyn Park police reported that squads were dispatched to Huntington Place Apartments on the 5800 block of Zane Ave. N. just before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on reports of a woman yelling for help. When officers arrived they found an adult female with wounds suffered during a mauling by three pitbulls owned by the victim and her boyfriend.
Police rendered aid until paramedics arrived to transport the woman to the hospital, where she is reported in critical but stable condition. Brooklyn Park Police Inspector Elliot Faust said she is expected to survive her injuries.
A Huntington Place security guard sustained injuries to his hand attempting to stop the attack. He wounded one of the dogs while trying to intervene.
In a news release, police say two of the dogs were taken into custody after “an exhaustive effort,” while the third was euthanized on scene due to aggression. A second dog was later put down due to the severity of injuries suffered in the encounter, while the remaining animal is currently in quarantine at an animal shelter.
Tuesday’s incident is just the latest in a string of recent dog attacks in Brooklyn Park this summer. On July 19, a 3-year-old boy and his mother were attacked by two bully breeds while looking at a puppy – the child did not survive.
Days later, a 7-year-old girl suffered injuries when attacked by a pitbull after delivering a package. Brooklyn Park police said that dog was put down after it tried to maul another child at a nearby playground.
Then in early August police captured two Siberian Husky-Wolf mixes after they reportedly attacked a resident and neighborhood pets.
Following those attacks, Inspector Faust encouraged community members to be more aware of their surroundings and to understand their dogs. He said police have had more dangerous dog designations so far this year than all of last year.
“As a dog owner it is your responsibility to take control of the animal,” Faust said. One mistake that happens can have tragic consequences.”
Last year, there were more than 29,000 students in Minnesota that were homeschooled which is a 10% increase from the previous year.
RED WING, Minn. — With the majority of kids back in the classroom this week, more Minnesota students are learning right from the comforts of their own home.
According to data from the Minnesota Department of Education, there were more than 29,000 students in Minnesota that were homeschooled last year, which is a 10% increase from the previous year.
In the National Household Education Survey (NHES), parents said they homeschooled their children for a variety of reasons with the majority doing it because they are concerned about school safety, drug use or negative peer pressure.
Others were dissatisfied with how the curriculum was taught or they wanted to include religious teachings.
KARE 11’s Alicia Lewis caught up with a Minnesota mom who homeschools her kids to hear why she decided to go that route.
“COVID kind of forced us to homeschool because we didn’t want a really awkward school experience for her,” said Angela McGuire who teaches both her 9-year-old daughter Alysa and 6-year-old son Will from their home in Red Wing. “We had already kind of started thinking, okay, so many people homeschool … there’s tons of resources and I just kind of felt like homeschooling could be an option for our family.”
McGuire added she wasn’t surprised that more families are deciding to homeschool.
“When people got like a taste for it, they could say like, ‘Oh, we could do this,'” McGuire said. “There’s so many online options too. You don’t have to do what we do, which is teach every subject. You can have someone else teach subjects, but they’re just doing it at home.”
According to the Minnesota Department of Education, homeschooling is predominately financed by the parents. However, Minnesota does have “Nonpublic Pupil Aids” that parents may claim by Sept. 15 of each year through their public school district superintendent’s office to help.
