UPDATE: Police ID 9-Year-Old Girl Killed in Pit Bull Attack on Long Island

A 9-year-old girl from Baldwin died after she was attacked by a pit bull in the backyard of a Long Island home Sunday morning.

According to Nassau Police, a 911 call came in at 10:30 a.m. reporting the dog attack at a home on Holland Avenue in Elmont. When two Fifth Precinct officers entered the backyard, they observed a male pit bull attacking Amiyah Dunston.

A third officer walked through the house, opened the back door and the pit bull stopped its attack on the girl and charged toward that officer, who then fired several rounds, killing the dog, police said.

Amiyah, who was visiting the Elmont home at the time of the attack, was transported to Franklin Hospital, where she was admitted in critical condition, but she died from her injuries at 1:42 p.m. Sunday. (A photo of Carlyle Arnold and the dog involved in the attack)

Amiyah was playing in the backyard of the home with two other children at the time of the attack, ABC 7 reported. A mother of one of the children witnessed the attack, but she was unable to pull the dog off the girl, according to the report.

No criminal charges will be filed in relation to the dog attack, but the pit bull’s owner, 29-year-old Carlyle Arnold was arrested at the scene for violating an order of protection, police said.

In 2014, there were 42 dog bite-related deaths in the United States, according to DogsBite.org. Pit bulls, who make up about 6 percent of the total dog population in the country, were involved in 64 percent of those deaths.

A 5-year-old boy died after being attacked by two pit bulls last month in Texas.