Mother speaking out after child bit by homeless person’s dog at Grant Beach Park

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield mother is now fighting for someone to take accountability after her daughter was bitten by a dog in Grant Beach Park.

One of the leaders of the Grant Beach Sports Committee confirmed it was a homeless woman’s dog who bit the child.

“That’s where the dog attacked her, and that’s all her blood,” said Alexis Gale, pointing out where her daughter was bitten on Thursday, July 17. “I mean, she dripped until she got to the car because it was just running down her face.”

Gale says they were at a baseball game for her eldest child when her 5-year-old needed to use the restroom. They walked to the pavilion, and that’s when the dog rushed out…

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