4-year-old killed in Visalia dog attack named by family

VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The four-year-old miss who died aft she was attacked by her family's pit bull successful Visalia was named connected Friday.

A spokesperson for the household says the unfortunate was Zoey Hawkins. The four-year-old died pursuing a "devastating canine attack" connected Wednesday.

The Visalia Police Department reported that the miss had conscionable finished swimming and was wrong the location erstwhile the family's pit bull attacked her.

Four-year-old Zoey Hawkins (image provided by household spokesperson)

Officers were called to the location connected the 2300 artifact of West Monte Vista astatine astir 8 p.m. The section reports contiguous aesculapian attraction was fixed and the four-year-old miss was transported to a section infirmary wherever she passed distant from her injuries.

An probe into the incidental has begun. No different accusation astir the incidental was released by the constabulary department.

Four-year-old Zoey Hawkins (image provided by household spokesperson)

According to the family's spokesperson, Zoey Hawkins was a vibrant and loving four-year-old who "touched truthful galore lives."

The household has acceptable up an online GoFundMe fundraiser to screen the costs of ceremonial and memorial services. That fundraiser can beryllium recovered here.