Police Find Pit Bull that Attacked 5-Year-Old, Dog will be Euthanized Tomorrow

Police have found the dog that police say attacked a five-year-old Newport boy, causing more than 100 puncture wounds and sending him to Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

The dog, which was scared off by a pipe wielding parent, reportedly took off after the attack and was later found by the Newport Police Department’s Animal Control Officer at around 1:42 p.m.

The dog was sitting on the steps of 160 Park Holm -- near the scene of the attack -- and was taken to the Potter League for Animals pending a viscious dog hearing, said Newport Police Lt. William Fitzgerald.

The owner of the dog, identified by police as Zita Saunders, of Fall River., Mass., was cited for not restraining her dog, which escaped from a Park Holm apartment.

Fitzgerald said Saunders “advised she will euthanize the canine tomorrow.”

The boy’s injuries were non life-threatening.