SHERWOOD, Ark. – The Sherwood City Council voted 4-3 in favor of upholding a ban on pit bulls within their city limits on Monday after hearing from citizens on both sides of the issue during public comment.
Among them was Lyndsay Johnson, a resident whose son, 9-year-old Robby Taylor, was killed in May of 2020 after being attacked by two pit bulls while checking their mail.
“It was about ten minutes, and he should have already been back,” Johnson said. “I had a gut feeling that something just wasn’t right.”
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Johnson said that day as she neared the foot of her driveway, she saw two pit bulls walking off in a nearby field, and then her daughter let out a “gut-wrenching scream.”…