BARBERTON, Ohio (WOIO) -A couple of Thursdays ago two children who had just gotten off their school bus were attacked while walking home.

The seemingly playful pit bull puppy attacked 3-year-old Freya Crosby and her 12-year-old brother, Bentley, on Tennessee Avenue in Barberton. Their mother, Samantha Byrd, recalls what happened.

“It walked up sniffed them and her being a genuine 3-year-old, from what my 12-year-old was saying she was kinda like doing this. He said it just kind of kept sniffing. It was trying to play bite a little bit and that’s when one thing lead to another,” Byrd said.

Byrd said she was terrified when she went out of the house to check a commotion.

“At first I caught her face, screaming. The dog is still on her. All of a sudden I heard somebody to tell everybody to

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