Raccoon attacks 6-year-old boy before bystander kills the animal

The mother of a 6-year-old boy in New Jersey says she's grateful that a man raced into action to kill a raccoon that was attacking the child. A witness told officers the animal had run across the street, jumped on Aryan Gavali's back and crawled onto his face Wednesday morning while he was walking to school in Elmwood Park with his mother. The bystander ran over and grabbed the raccoon before beating the animal to death with a stick, police Chief Michael Foligno tells The Record newspaper. More...