LORAIN, Ohio — Police have identified the suspected owner of a pair of dogs they say terrorized a south Lorain neighborhood, attacking a 4-year-old and killing another family’s dog.

According to police reports, a man is facing charges for animals running at large, violating registration and rabies vaccination requirements and additional penalties for keeping or harboring animals that caused serious physical harm.

On Aug. 21, officers responded to Palm Ave for reports of two dogs running loose through the neighborhood. They attacked a 4-year-old boy, scratching and biting his face and head, before a neighbor kicked them off. They then ran down the street and fatally attacked another family’s dog.

The attack happened two weeks after a different family said their dog was attacked by the sa

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