{"id":305155,"date":"2026-05-22T22:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305155\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:23:13","slug":"dog-bites-2-year-old-girls-head-in-far-west-bexar-county-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305155\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog bites 2-year-old girl\u2019s head in far west Bexar County, sheriff says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheriff Javier Salazar says the girl suffered non-life-threatening injuries <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 The Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office said it is investigating what led up to a dog biting a 2-year-old girl in far west Bexar County. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies responded to a home just before 2 p.m. Friday in the 2300 block of Rosillos Peak, which is located near Loop 1604 and Marbach Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">During a Friday news conference, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said a dog bit the girl on her head and the girl was \u201cbleeding.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">However, the sheriff said the girl suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital for further treatment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to Salazar, deputies detained two dogs in a patrol vehicle and are awaiting Bexar County Animal Control crews to arrive on scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At this time, it is unclear who the dogs belong to, the sheriff\u2019s office said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">More news coverage on KSAT: <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorsNate Kotisso headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/NK82301NVBKVBPITML9034CVYN\/\" title=\"View Nate Kotisso&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Kotisso<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City. <\/p>\n<p>Samuel Rocha IV headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/SRBYREIS6TRV7FEISOBV\/\" title=\"View Samuel Rocha IV&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Rocha IV<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Samuel Rocha joined KSAT as a Newsroom Trainee in the spring of 2026. He is a San Antonio native and a graduate of San Antonio College and Texas A&amp;M University-San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheriff Javier Salazar says the girl suffered non-life-threatening injuries BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 The Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4755,110573,31201,31200,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-305155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bcso","tag-bexar-county-animal-control","tag-dog-attack","tag-dog-bite","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}