7-day-old Fla. baby dies after being bitten by pit bull while lying beside sleeping teen mom

7-day-old Florida infant dies after pit bull bite

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Police say a pit bull terrier fatally mauled a 7-day-old Florida baby as the child apparently lay next to his sleeping teenage mother.

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office in New Port Richey says the seven-day-old the boy was attacked Wednesday and died shortly after.

Neighbors told the St. Petersburg Times the 16-year-old mother didn’t discover her son was dead until a neighbor knocked on the mother’s door and woke her around noon. They said mom answered the door, then turned around and saw what had happened to her newborn son.

Neighbors said the dog belongs to the baby’s father. It was taken away by county animal services.

New Port Richey is a suburb about a half hour north of Tampa.

Information from: St. Petersburg Times, www.sptimes.com