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Eddie Rodriguez, the incident happened at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of West 50<sup>th<\/sup> Place.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez said a worker arrived at a home in the area and a dog ran out the front door before attacking a smaller dog that was being walked nearby by its owner.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rodriguez, the owner of the larger dog went outside, separated the dogs and took his dog back inside his home.<\/p>\n<p>But Rodriguez said the dog escaped again just moments later and ran back toward the smaller dog, which was being helped by a neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3824\">Khamenei\u2019s other sons appear at his funeral in Iran as new supreme leader remains in hiding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the neighbor tried to run away with the smaller dog to prevent another attack, he fell and sustained injuries,\u201d Rodriguez said in an email to Local 10 News.<\/p>\n<p>A relative of the smaller dog\u2019s owner told Local 10 News that the dog was killed in the attack. <\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez confirmed that Hialeah police contacted Miami-Dade Animal Services, which has taken over the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3822\">Expired tofu and roaches on the menu \u2013 ordered shut!<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Latest headlines from:<\/div>\n<div>\nMiami-Dade<br \/>\nBroward<br \/>\nFlorida Keys<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary><span>Cities<\/span><span>\u25be<\/span><\/summary>\n<div>\n<div>\nMiami<br \/>\nFort Lauderdale<br \/>\nCoral Springs<br \/>\nDavie<br \/>\nDeerfield Beach<br \/>\nDoral<br \/>\nHialeah<br \/>\nHollywood<br \/>\nHomestead<br \/>\nLauderhill<br \/>\nMiami Beach<br \/>\nMiami Gardens<br \/>\nMiramar<br \/>\nPembroke Pines<br \/>\nPlantation<br \/>\nPompano Beach<br \/>\nSunrise<br \/>\nTamarac\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami-Dade Animal Services has opened an investigation into a dog attack that occurred on the Fourth of July, Hialeah police confirmed Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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