Toddler Killed by Pit Bull

HENDERSON – Rusk County authorities are investigating the death of a youngster that was attacked by a pit bull. Kaden Muckleroy, 2, was attacked in his grandfather’s yard on County Road 421 around 11:00 Wednesday morning. At the time of the attack, the dog had been chained to a tree. The boy was later pronounced dead at East Texas Medical Center-Henderson. Following the attack, the grandfather, Kelvin Muckleroy, is said to have turned over the dog, and over two dozen other dogs he had kept in a kennel, to Rusk County authorities.