A Memphis man is facing charges after a pack of pit bulls nearly killed his 3-year-old son late Monday.
Kendale Taylor was charged with child endangerment and had been issued a citation for failure to maintain the dogs after the attack that occurred at around 5 p.m. and left his son Lorenzo with severe injuries.
Authorities said that the boy was brought to a hospital in critical condition and is still clinging to life after doctors were able to stabilize his vital signs.
Lorenzo's father said that the pack of dogs that attacked his son were not pit bulls but boxer-Belgian Malinois mixes adding that the incident was “an accident.”
Neighbors said that Taylor's dogs had been a threat to locals since he moved in several months ago.
“I done voiced my concerns, a lot of people have. But they wouldn't listen. They got little dogs running all around, pits. Breeded with pits.”
Prior to the incident involving his son, Taylor had 16 dog-related citations.