A 4-year-old girl was in serious condition Monday after she was bitten on the face by a pit bull at her uncle’s home in Pomona, police said.
The child apparently startled the dog while it was sleeping, the Pomona Police Department said. "The dog suddenly awakened and bit the child on her face," the department said in a news release.
Police said the dog was not licensed and did not have a current rabies vaccination.
The girl had just arrived at the home in the 1600 block of East Kingsley Avenue to visit her uncle shortly after 3 p.m. when the incident occurred, police said. She was being treated at Loma Linda Medical Center.
The dog was taken into custody as a possible danger to humans, police said.
The incident was under investigation by the Pomona Valley Humane Society.
— Robert J. Lopez