Seven-year-old killed in Gunnison foster-dog attack
Police said a foster dog attacked the child inside a Gunnison home; officers stopped the dog and performed CPR, but the boy died.
Incident summary
A 7-year-old boy died after a foster dog attacked him inside a Gunnison home. City officials said officers arrived within minutes; one officer fired a single shot to stop the attack while another performed CPR until paramedics arrived. A later police investigation identified the dog as an 89-pound pit bull terrier mix and concluded the case was noncriminal.
Gunnison police later said no criminal charges would be filed and described the case as noncriminal.
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KKCO reported the Feb. 4 fatal attack and the police response. The Colorado Sun later reported that Gunnison police identified the foster dog as an 89-pound pit bull terrier mix and said no criminal charges would be filed.
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- Gunnison police say no criminal charges will be filed in Feb. 4 attack by pit bull mix that killed 7-year-old boyState nonprofit news report summarizing Gunnison police investigative report · 2026-03-10
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