Thursday 22 September 2022 07:56 PM PICTURED: Colorado boy, 12, savaged by his pet pit bull named DIABLO trends now

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A 12-year-old Colorado boy, who was attacked by his pit bull named Diablo - Spanish for devil - is in recovery after he witnessed his grandma be torn apart by his 'sweetheart' dog. 

Ty and Mary Gehring, his 89-year-old grandmother, were attacked by the 12-year-old's dog, on September 14. Another pit bull was also involved in the attack but wasn't identified.

Diablo has lived with Ty since he was just five-years-old - ever since his parents divorced seven years ago. Ty's dad, who does not want to be identified, called the hound a 'sweetheart' while struggling to comprehend the details of the attack.

'They grew up together that's why I have a hard time believing that he was any kind of aggressor,' his dad told Fox 31. 'For the years that I have known that dog, he was a sweetheart.'   

Ty is now recovering from puncture wounds, lacerations and broken pinkies after being airlifted to the hospital last week. 

Gehring succumbed to her injuries two days later

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