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This undated photo released by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office whos Deputy Tamieka White. White died Tuesday, May 9, 2023, after being attacked in her Indianapolis home by a dog that also bit and wounded her 8-year-old son, authorities said Wednesday, May 10. (Marion County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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This undated photo released by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office whos Deputy Tamieka White. White died Tuesday, May 9, 2023, after being attacked in her Indianapolis home by a dog that also bit and wounded her 8-year-old son, authorities said Wednesday, May 10. (Marion County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A constable’s deputy passed away after being assaulted in her Indianapolis home by a dog that likewise bit and injured her 8-year-old boy, authorities said Wednesday.
Tamieka White, 46, was noticable dead at the scene Tuesday night quickly after Indianapolis policeman reacted to her home on the city’s east side, authorities said. She had actually been a deputy with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office given that 2007.
Her young boy was likewise bitten in the dog attack, which was reported about 7:45 p.m., authorities said. He is recuperating from non-life-threatening injuries, The Indianapolis Star reported.
Indianapolis cops said the assaulting dog charged at a reacting officer, who fatally shot the animal.
A representative with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the dog was not owned by White, and cops have actually recognized the owner. They decreased to launch additional details about the owner.
Indianapolis Animal Care Services said in a declaration that employees seized the departed dog, 3 extra dogs and a cat from White’s home. The department said it cannot verify the types without a DNA test, however it said all the dogs seemed a “pitbull-type.”
The animals are being held as part of the continuous examination into the attack.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that White had actually acted as a deputy constable with the firm given that 2007 in the Judicial Enforcement Division, which supervises the transport of prisoners to and from courts, gathering overdue taxes and serving legal procedure documents.
“Deputy White was a bright light to all that knew her,” Sheriff Kerry Forestal said in a declaration. “We are immensely grateful for her nearly 17 years of service to our agency.”
