4-year-old boy fatally mauled by dog in New York City home

It happened late Thursday night in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Police say the dog bit 4-year-old Jayelin Graham multiple times on his head, neck and stomach, reports CBS station WCBS.

Neighbors say the mastiff was in a cage, but often left alone with children.

"The dog was over by the cage, he was outside. There was another dog in the cage. The baby was lying on the floor with his head, like this, like this and the whole neck," said Shirley Barnes, who witnessed the attack.

The boy was rushed to a local hospital, where he later died.

"He was a kid, he was a little kid," Jayelin's godmother, Ashley Della Cruz, said. "All he wanted to to was play. He just wanted to play with the kids on the block.

Police sedated and removed the dog after the attack. They also removed a second dog, a German Shepherd, from the home.