Toddler Killed by Pit Bull

HENDERSON — Rusk County authorities are reporting that a toddler has been killed by a pit bull. According to KETK, on Wednesday at about 11:03 a.m. the sheriff’s office received a call from the East Texas Medical Center-Henderson emergency room requesting an officer to respond to the hospital in regard to a two-year-old child being deceased as the result of the dog attack. Upon arrival deputies learned that 35-year-old Helen Muckleroy transported her son Kaden Muckleroy to the hospital from her residence in rural Henderson for treatment of dog bites from the attack.

Further investigation indicates that the dog’s owner, Kelvin Muckleroy, who is the victim’s grandfather, had the dog chained to a tree in the yard of the residence where the attack occurred. Muckleroy has consented to the release of the animal as well as about 29 additional kennel kept dogs to the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office indicates it is currently conducting an investigation and will release information as is appropriate.