TORRANCE, Calif. (KABC) — A one-month-old girl has died after being bitten by the family dog ​​in Torrance.

“They’re good people. They just didn’t pay attention to what they should have paid attention to, which is really a tragedy,” said Faye Tohidi, a family friend. “It’s really sad.”

Torrance police received a call about an animal bite on Martha Avenue around 12:34 a.m. Tuesday. The city fire department responded and discovered the baby had been bitten.

The girl was taken to hospital but did not survive, police said. An official cause of death has not been determined.

Tohidi says there were several dogs in the home, including a mastiff, a pit bull mix and another mixed breed dog.

“I’m a dog person myself, and I have a dog at home, but the thing is, you don’t bring your baby into an atmosphere where there are so many big dogs around. And it was wrong to begin with,” she says. said.

Police say officers have been called to the home in the past, but none of the calls involved animals or DCFS.

Police say all of the dogs from the household were taken by Torrance Animal Control. We contacted animal control, but have not heard anything yet.