A real horror show hit a Pico Rivera family last night, resulting in the mauling of an infant, multiple injuries among the intervening adults, and the stabbing death of one of the family pets.
KABC reports the horrific scene that went down around 10:15 p.m. on Sunday night at a home near Pico Vista Road and Homebrook street. That's when Margaret Ann Morales was roused out of bed by the screams of family members. Walking into the kitchen, she witnessed her two daughters and sons struggling on the floor to get the family's two dogs off of her one-year-old granddaughter, Ruby.
One of the dogs had its jaws latched onto the infant's leg. Morales says she stuck her hands into the dogs mouth to pry its jaws apart, releasing its grip on her granddaughter. At one point during the terrifying struggle, the baby's mom, Jamie, reportedly stabbed one of the dogs with a knife, instantly killing the canine.
"It was either him or my daughter and I chose my daughter," Jaime Morales told a reporter. "I did what I had to do because he wouldn’t let go. I feel really bad but I had to. I’m pretty sure anyone would have done it."
The dogs, 3-year-old, blue-nose pit bulls that have been raised by Margaret since they were puppies, are said to have attacked the girl and her mother when the infant started crying, realizing the worst fears of every parent who owns a dog.