4-year-old boy attacked by coyote while standing in grandparents’ driveway in Carson

CARSON, Calif. (KABC) — A 4-year-old boy was attacked by a coyote while standing in his grandmother’s driveway – and it was all caught on video.

The attack happened Tuesday while the child was near his mother’s car at his grandparents’ home. Surveillance footage captured the incident, showing the boy being grabbed and pulled to the ground by the coyote as his mother unloaded supplies from the vehicle.

“All of a sudden, I just hear him screaming and I turned around and I screamed as well because I see the coyote on the top of him,” said Sarina Donohoo, the boy’s mother.

Donohoo said she grabbed her son and ran into the house, and the coyote ran off.

“I was so scared because I know how bad it could have been,” she said. “My initial response was just I need to get him away and I need to see if he’s okay.”

The child, Solomon, who turned 4 in February, was not seriously injured. He was treated for superficial puncture wounds on one of his legs and on his torso.

The boy’s grandparents live near a school and say coyotes are frequently seen in the neighborhood.

“It hurts my heart that nothing has been done. That there are not protections in place,” said Stephanie Fields, Solomon’s grandmother.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is trying to locate the coyote involved in the incident.

A similar attack happened in Carson last year, when a 6-year-old boy was bitten by a coyote and hospitalized with injuries to his head and legs.

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Donohoo said more needs to be done to protect residents.

“We’ve lived with my parents in the past. [The coyotes] been around for years and when we call for help, they’re saying they can’t do anything. I don’t understand why it takes something like this to happen, and thank God he wasn’t injured more,” she said.