TAMPA, Fla. -- Police in Florida said a dog named Scarface attacked a family who tried to put a sweater on it. Police say the pit bull mix bit a 52-year-old woman who was trying to dress it, and her husband was attacked while trying to pull the dog off her. Police said the couple's 22-year-old son was attacked while trying to stop the dog by stabbing it in the neck and head. Officers used a tranquilizer gun, bean-bag gun and stun gun on Scarface before catching it.
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