An eight-month old boy, Andrew, was attacked and killed by a Doberman Pinscher in Brooklyn, New York.  The dog was a three-year old named Mackabee, who is also neutered.
The grandmother was babysitting the boy. While she was in the kitchen she heard the boy scream and ran next door to a neighbor for help. The neighbor took the dog off the boy, rescued him and brought him to his house to try and perform CPR on the boy, while he called 911 for help.
Police said the baby's head was in bad shape and the dog broke the boy's skull. Andrew was sent to Kings County Medical.
The doctors tried to save his life by working on him for nearly an hour, but the boy died at 3:06 pm local time.  The parents of the child were not home at the time of the incident. The dog was shot with a tranquilizer and was sent to a care center. The city Department of Health is investigating. The dog may have to be put down because of the incident.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control, the Doberman Pinscher is not frequently involved in fatal attacks on humans in comparison to several other dog breeds such as German Shepherds , Rottweilers and others. 
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Baby attacked by dog in New York