A family dog — a pit bull — attacked and killed an 8-year-old Danville child on Tuesday evening, authorities report.

It was shortly after 8 p.m. when officers with the Danville Police Department were summoned to the 700 block of Berryman Avenue, an area not far away from the River District.

Police found the child unresponsive inside a home, officials reported in a news release. The young boy had "apparent signs of trauma to his neck consistent with an animal bite."

Authorities reported that the boy was in the care of his teenage sister.

"According to the family, the dog was not previously known to be aggressive," police wrote in the release.

The statement from the police department did not identify the breed of dog, only describing it as 4 years old.

The canine was found inside the h

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