Worried parent warned ‘that dog will hurt someone’ hours before girl, 4, mauled to death

A local whose daughter went to a nearby school to where four-year-old Alice Stones was mauled to death sent a warning over a dog that she feared would “hurt someone”. She said she saw an “angry dog” the morning of the attack that killed the toddler at a house in Milton Keynes. The dog is said to have been stood outside the gates of a primary school just three minutes from where the attack took place at a home in Netherfield.

The woman, who was dropping her daughter off at school, said she saw a “teenage girl” with a dog that was “growling at each person that approached him”.

She went on to claim that the animal was “showing teeth” and “was on a leash but loose”.

Just hours later, Alice Stones was mauled to death by the animal at the home on Broadlands.

Police arrived at the scene shortly after 5pm after reports she was bitten in the back garden of the home.

Neighbours were evacuated from the area after fears the dog could escape following the savage attack.

Some residents were warned they may hear a gunshot as the animal was “shot twice” in the garden of the home.

It is believed the dog was cornered by armed police and was gunned down.

Thames Valley Police has said no arrests have been made as they investigate the attack.

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The local, who claimed to have spotted the dog on Tuesday morning during school drop-off, added: “It was the first time I had seen the dog and the owner.

“It scared me because he growled at each person that walked past him and the girl [owner] didn’t react.

“My thought was ‘this dog will hurt someone with this kind of behaviour’.”