“It went to go jump towards his face, his throat, and Trey ended up putting his arm out,” said his stepfather, Brandon Severt.
That move likely saved Trey’s life.
News Center 7 blurred the image of the injury on the back of his arm because it is too graphic to show.
“It’s an 8-inch by 14-inch gap in his arm, it’s about an inch deep. It goes down almost to his bone,” said Trey’s mother, Frances McColloch.
She said at the hospital police showed Trey a lineup of three photos of white pit bulls, and that Trey identified the dog on Northampton Avenue. However, Trey’s mother said police cleared the dog because it didn’t have blood in its mouth and believe it was a stray that attacked her son.
"The only person in the neighborhood who has a white pit is the guy who Trey says,” she said.
Frances McColloch said Trey’s arm will always be disfigured and he will require two years of surgeries. His stepfather said they are getting a lawyer and plan to seek damages.
Latest on Ohio vicious dog law
Three years ago in Dayton, Klonda Richey, 57, was mauled to death by two mixed-mastiff dogs outside her home at 31 E. Bruce Ave. Her body lay outside in subfreezing temperatures until a passerby reported seeing a naked body in the snow around 8:15 a.m. When police responded, the dogs charged them and were shot and killed. The dogs owners — Andrew Nason and Julie Custer — pleaded no contest to misdemeanor counts of failure to control dogs.
RELATED: Bill to regulate ‘vicious dogs’ halted in Ohio House
Since then Ohio lawmakers have been debating legislation to strengthen Ohio’s vicious dog laws.
In December 2016, Sen. Bill Beagle’s effort failed to get a vote by the end of the 2-year legislative session.
Beagle, R-Tipp City, has said he plans to try again.
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