This coyote injured a child sitting on a front porch this morning in northeast Dallas. Police and game wardens are searching the area for the animal.
A 2-year-old child is hospitalized in critical condition after being attacked this morning (Tuesday, May 3) by a coyote on the front porch of their home in northeast Dallas.
Dallas police responded at 8:28 a.m. today to a report of an animal attack in the 9200 block of Royalpine Drive. When officers arrived, they were told the child was sitting on the front porch when the coyote attacked, according to police reports.
An officer then located the animal near a park on Royalpine Drive and fired at it, causing the coyote to retreat into some nearby woods.