Pit bull kills 3-year-old boy

Tony Evans Jr. was killed after he wandered close to a chained pit bull on Tuesday at a home at 112 Maple Ridge Drive, according to the boy's uncle Ray Powell. The dog was able to reach Evans and bit him in the abdomen. Powell said that the dog's owner and two family members were watching the boy Tuesday evening. During a news conference on Wednesday, Assistant Police Chief Gerald Jones said that the boy's parents and the owner of the dog had been questioned, but that it was not a criminal matter. Police said that an officer had to shoot the dog in self-defense. The pit bull survived the shooting and was recovered by the Animal Control Unit. The dog was quarantined on Wednesday at the Jackson animal control headquarters. The owner of the dog didn't violate any city ordinances because the dog was chained and confined to the property, Jones said. Animal control will conduct an investigation to determine if the pit bull should be labeled a dangerous dog, Jones said. If labeled a dangerous dog, the pit bull can be euthanized, or the owner can be required to follow several stipulations, which are outlined in the city's dangerous dog ordinance. Evans' cousin Shelby Moore said that the pit bull should be euthanized because it could attack again. "Kill the dog and get the other ones from over there," Moore said. "That could have happened to anybody. It could have happened to their children or to them."

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