Four year old boy killed by dog

Poor John-Paul Massey age four suffered serous injuries and died after being attacked by a dog. He was pronounced dead at the scene at a house in Wavertree, Liverpool in the early hours this morning (Monday). Neighbours added, they was a lovely family and all very close to each other, and John was a lovely little boy. A 63 year old woman, beleaved to be the nan was injured as she tried to separated the dog from the child, she was taken to hospital for treatment. The dog was destroyed following a safety assessment. Chief Surperintendent Steve Ashley said, this is a tragic incident and a full investigation will be carried out into the cuirumstances. The dog is described as a pit bull type and its thought to have belonged to the boys uncle.

If you have any views on keeping pit bull type dogs as pets around children we would like to hear them good or bad.