4-year-old girl killed by family's new dog

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24 Hour News 8 web staff – SHERMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A 4-year-old girl was killed and her mother wounded when they were attacked by their new dog, St. Joseph County authorities say.

It happened at 4:03 p.m. Sunday at the family's home in the 63000 block of W. Fish Lake Road.

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The mother was injured while trying to protect the child. Deputies said the woman was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Lillywhite said the family had just gotten the dog — initially believed to be a Doberman or Doberman mix — that attacked them. Further details about the circumstances surrounding the attack were not immediately available.