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(MALE ANNOUNCER): THIS IS
THE BAY AREA NEWS STATION,
KRON 4 NEWS STARTS NOW.
>> CATHERINE: IT STARTED
PLAYFULLY
>> CATHERINE: NOW ON KRON 4.
A CHILD HAS BEEN KILLED BY A
DOG BELONGING TO A POLICE
>> IS MY SISTER'S SON THE HE
WAS JUST LIKE MY OWN.
>> CATHERINE: OFFICER.
TONIGHT -- WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE ATTACK.
INCLUDING HOW INVESTIGATORS
>> CATHERINE:
IT STARTED PLAYFULLY, BUT
ENDED IN TRAGEDY.
A LITTLE BOY -- ATTACKED AND
KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER'S
DOG.
>> REPORTER: CATHERINE UNTIL
ALL THE FACTS ARE AND IT'S
HARD TO SEE HOW THIS STARTED
OUT. ELM LEAST 89 KEAS WITH
THE FAMILY DOG IN THE
BACKYARD. SOMEHOW ENDED IN
THIS UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY.
POLICE: FOR WHATEVER REASON
AS MY SISTER'S SON HE WAS
JUST LIKE MY OWN. FIGHTING
BACK TEARS I AM OF TALKING
ABOUT THE TRAGEDY THAT
DEVASTATED HER FAMILY. I
HAVE SEVEN KIDS AND WITH MY
SISTER'S SON THAT WILL BE
EIGHT TO ME. AND RIGHT NOW
WE ARE JUST NOT DEALING WITH
IT WELL AT ALL. THE DOG BIT
HIMK
THE UNEXPECTED AND FATAL
>> REPORTER: BITE, HAPPENING
AT A FAMILY MEMBERS' UNION
CITY HOME.
KNOW.
THE CHILD WHO WAS KILLED IS
6-YEAR-OLD NEPHI SELU.
THE DOG BELONGED TO A SAN
MATEO POLICE OFFICER. WHO IS
RELATED TO THE BOY.
THE DOG IS A PIT BULL
MIX.AND FAMILY MEMBERS SAY
ROB - WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> REPORTER:FIGHTING BACK
TEARS, THE BOY'S AUNT, IONA,
SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT THE
TRAGEDY THAT HAS ROCKED HER
FAMILY. THE FATAL MAULING
OCCURRED MONDAY AFTERNOON AS
6-YEAR-OLD NEPHI SELU WAS
PLAYING 'GAVA,.' WHICH
THEY'D HAD FOR ABOUT TWO
YEARS.
>> REPORTER:POLICE SAY THE
BOY WAS BITTEN BY THE DOG,
DESCRIBED AS A PIT BULL
MIXED BREED, ON THE TOP OF
HIS HEAD AND WHERE HE DIED.
VALERIE AUSTEN LIVES TWO
DOORS DOWN AND SAYS THE DOG
MADE HER NERVOUS AT TIMES.
>> REPORTER:NEPHI'S AUNT
SAYS THE DOG WAS OTHERWISE
WELL-BEHAVED AND TO HER
KNOWLEDGE HAD NEVER BIT
ANYONE BEFORE. OTHER
NEIGHBORS SAY THE DOG WAS
ALWAYS ON A LEASH WHEN OUT
FOR WALKS. POLICE SAY IT WAS
LICENSED, HAD IT'S SHOTS AND
HAS NO HISTORY OF BEING
HOSTILE TOWARD PEOPLE. NEPHI
HAD RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM
KINDERGARTEN. THEY SAY HE
GAVA IN THE BACKYARD AND CAN
THINK OF NO REASON WHAT
COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DOG
TO
>> REPORTER:WE'RE LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THE SAN MATEO
POLICE OFFICER WHO OWNS THE
DOG.
HE IS AN 8-YEAR VETERAN OF
THE FORCE. WE'LL HAVE MUCH
MORE ON KRON4 NEWS AT EIGHT.