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The 37-year-old woman was pushing her son in a stroller around 19 hours. when someone alerted her that a coyote might follow her, the Fairfield Police, northwest of Fairfield County, said in a press release.
While she was turning to look, the coyote was thrown at the woman, the police said. She fell to the ground and the stroller shattered, police said.
The coyote then bit the woman in the back of the leg and launched in pursuit of the child, biting her right leg, police said.
While the park people ran to help, the mother managed to get up and hoist the stroller, the police said. It was at this point that the coyote joined her before flying into a wooded area.
The mother and child were taken to the hospital and the police closed the park – including canceling a youth football game and a basketball game – and called in experts from the school. State and the Associated Humane Society to help them search for the animal.
Just after 8:30 pm, Sgt. Frank Tracey spotted the coyote near a pool in a nearby yard, police said.
Armed with an M4 patrol rifle, he got out of his squad's car.
The coyote "began to approach the sergeant aggressively," police said. He fired several shots "to protect himself," the police said, and killed the coyote.
The animal will be tested against rabies by the humanitarian society, police said.
It is unclear whether the coyote is the same animal that attacked a Doberman Pinscher the previous night, police said, noting residents reported "seeing and hearing a lot of coyotes behind their house."
Reports on coyotes in the region have increased significantly since 1980, said the Fish and Wildlife Division of New Jersey, although there is no formal estimate of the population .
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