15-year-old Courtlin Sallee is one of two Lawrenceville children attacked by a rabid fox.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga - Two Lawrenceville children are enduring a series of shots after they were attacked by a rabid fox.
The two attacks came just 15 hours apart over the weekend in an area very close to downtown Lawrenceville.
15-year-old Courtlin Sallee was socializing in front of her apartment complex on Paper Mill Road when the rabid grey fox darted out of the bushes.
The animal refused to let go.
"I was trying to get rid of it by kicking it," said Sallee. "I kicked it as much as I could. That's how I got it off."
The teenager has been treated with six shots, with at least three more to come.
Just a few hours after that attack, the fox emerged from the brush of a nearby apartment complex on East Crogan Street, where it attacked 4-year-old Jayden Zapata. The child fought back with his sister's walker.
"The fox had him pinned, and he put the walker in front of him to protect himself," said Miguel Maciel, the child's uncle. "I"m sure if he didn't have the walker it would have bitten him a lot more."
Miguel's father captured the snarling animal, pinning it under his foot. Lawrenceville police destroyed the animal.
A rabies alert remains in Gwinnett County. Authorities say there's always the chance the animal infected others.
The two children are the 6th and 7th victims of rabid animals in Gwinnett County in 2011. Gwinnett police say that's as many bite victims as all of last year, but still not enough to get overly alarmed.
Since the latest attacks there has been an increase in the number of reported fox sightings in the Lawrenceville area.