A Nevada baby's first birthday ended in tragedy when he was mauled to death by his 120-pound pet mastiff, the family said.
Baby Jeremiah Eskew-Shahan's family was getting ready to put him to bed at around 10 p.m. on Friday when the boy crawled over to pet their 6-year-old mastiff-Rhodesian ridgeback mix, Onion, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
The animal and the baby had been happily playing together all day while Jeremiah opened presents at his grandmother's house in Henderson — but suddenly, the massive hound snapped.
Onion latched his jaws around the boy's head and furiously shook him back and forth, police told the newspaper.
The boy's father, Christopher Shahan, 29, told the Review-Journal he heard the grandmother's panicked screams and raced downstairs to save his son.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nevada-baby-mauled-death-pet-dog-birthday-celebration-article-1.1069796
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