According to numerous tips we received this afternoon, an 8-year old Hunters Point girl was mauled by a dog in a vicious attack across from the Riverview restaurant on Center Boulevard a month ago. Per the mother’s posting on Facebook today:

“The dog is a beige pitbull-labrador mix. It ripped half of her mouth off and made deep wound in her temple. She had forty stitches just on her mouth. After the accident, the owner was trying to walk away but was stopped by people at scene. Looks like the dog is still in the Long Island City. We are not sure if the dog is vaccinated and do not have rabies. The owner is unreachable.”

The accompanying pictures of the 8-year old girl are horrifying, and there has been little luck with the police. If you recognize the person in the photo above, please contact us at editor@lictalk.com, and we will pass on the information to the mother. We’ll have more on this story as it develops.