NYPD probes shooting of toddler who had skirted death from dog bite NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A 3-year-old New York boy who was shot in the head early Saturday had escaped death several months ago when he was attacked by a dog, neighbors said. The child identified only as Terrell was in critical but stable condition Saturday after being struck by a bullet at his Brooklyn apartment during what appeared to be an argument between his babysitter and a male visitor. Neighbors told the New York Daily News Terrell had a brush with death previously when he bitten by a dog. The injures were serious enough that he was required to use a colostomy bag. " (His mother) had a pit bull and the dog attacked the baby," neighbor Jay Nichols said. He was just recovering from that.... He shouldn't have to live in these kinds of conditions. It was not clear who fired the shot or whether it came from inside our outside the apartment in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. The New York Post said the 22-year-old man who was arguing with the sitter had been taken in for questioning by police.