CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A 12-year-old boy is dead and another child was hospitalized after two unleashed dogs attacked a group of children at Central Park in California City on Friday, June 18.<\/p>\n
California City Mayor Edwin Hawkins said police responded to the scene after reports that four children had been mauled.<\/p>\n
Fernando Torres Moreno, 12, jumped into a nearby lake to escape the charging dogs. Officers pulled Fernando from the water, and he was taken to the hospital, where he died the next day.<\/p>\n
A second child suffered serious, though non-life-threatening, dog bite wounds and has since been released from the hospital. Two additional children were shaken but did not require medical treatment.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the dogs, both mixed breed, were off-leash but in the presence of their owner when the attack unfolded.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains active and ongoing. No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n
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