On January 24 at about 11:40 a.m., officers from the Moreno Valley Police Department responded to a reported dog attack in the area of Meyer Street and Indian Avenue in Moreno Valley.

Officers arrived within minutes and helped the victims of the attack.

According to the reports, a woman was walking with her two young children when a Bull Mastiff escaped from a fenced yard nearby and attacked the woman’s 6-year-old child.

As the woman tried to intervene to protect the child, the dog then turned and attacked her as well.

The infant in a stroller was not harmed in the incident.

Both the woman and the 6-year-old were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Moreno Valley Animal Control officers responded and took the dog, placing it in quarantine.

This is an active investigation and no additional information is available at this time.  Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Moreno Valley Police Department at 951-486-6800.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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