--- description: A family dog killed a 4-year-old girl in Michigan and injured her mother, according to authorities. title: Dog Kills 4-Year-Old Girl in Michigan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dog Kills 4-Year-Old Girl in Michigan by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2016 3:21 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2016 3:21 PM CUT A family dog killed a [4-year-old girl in Michigan](http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/213281285-story "undefined") and injured her mother, according to authorities. A Doberman or Doberman mix dog that had recently been added to the family turned on the child in the Sunday attack in Sherman Township, the Associated Press reports. The mother reportedly tried to protect her daughter and sustained injuries to her head and hands as a result. The family’s name has not been released. The mother was hospitalized after the attack. Authorities are currently investigating and the dog is being held by animal control. \[[AP](http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/213281285-story "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4542580/dog-kills-girl-michigan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4542580/dog-kills-girl-michigan/"},"headline":"Dog Kills 4-Year-Old Girl in Michigan","datePublished":"2016-10-24T15:21:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:22:36.090Z","description":"The family had only recently acquired the dog","url":"https://time.com/4542580/dog-kills-girl-michigan/","keywords":["animals","Crime","attacks","Injuries"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4542580/dog-kills-girl-michigan/","name":"Dog Kills 4-Year-Old Girl in Michigan"}}]}] ```