Axel Foster (Family handout) TECUMSEH, Okla. - A pit bull ripped off the arm of a 4-year-old Oklahoma boy after he tried to pet one of the dog’s puppies, police said.
Axel Foster was being watched by his grandparents in Tecumseh during the Friday night mauling, according to a police report obtained by Fox News.
Officer Aaron McCormick arrived at the gruesome scene, finding the boy and his grandmother in the driveway. He applied a tourniquet to the boy and said he "could see the arm inside (the dog pen) and one of the puppies chewing on it." Other officers and animal control arrived and to assist with the aggressive dogs.