The 10-year-old Pasadena boy mauled by a pit bull Tuesday remains shaken days after the attack, his guardian said.
Robin Butler, the guardian of 10-year-old Raymond Slaughter, said the boy has been “been having trouble sleeping” ever since he was attacked by a pit bull running loose.
Butler, who is in the process of pursuing custody of the child, said Raymond remains fearful that he could be attacked again.
“He was checking to make sure the windows were closed,” Butler said. “These are things he wasn?t doing before.”
Slaughter was treated at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center Tuesday for cuts and bruises. He has glue on his lip, and Butler has to monitor it for a few more days to make sure doesn?t split open.
Sandra Holland, one of Butler?s neighbors, said the neighborhood is in dire need of a crossing guard.
Butler agrees, noting that Slaughter is very lucky that an Anne Arundel County police officer happened to be on the scene.
“If the policeman wasn?t there, God knows what would have happened,” Butler said.
“Children of all ages walk to school” in the neighborhood near new Freetown Road, she said.
There are 135 crossing guards in the county, police said.
Meanwhile, the boy still needs medical treatment for the injuries he sustained.
“His arm is real sore ? they are checking to make sure no infection got in his mouth,” Butler said.
