Police said a young Pit Bull bit a 2-year-old child on Darby Close in Churchland on March 9. The child died at the hospital.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Police said a 2-year-old child died at the hospital after a Pit Bull bit the child on Monday.

Detective Misty Holley with the Portsmouth Police Department said that emergency dispatchers received a call about a dog bite shortly before 2 p.m. that day.

When officers and medics got to the 5600 block of Darby Close in Churchland, they found the 2-year-old with critical injuries. The medics took the child to the hospital where the 2-year-old died.

The owner of the 1-year-old dog surrendered him to animal control officers. The Pit Bull was the family dog, and, as of Wednesday, the dog was in quarantine.