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CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — Police in Chicopee have shot and killed a fox that attacked an adult and two children over the weekend.
The fox's carcass has been sent to s a state lab to be tested for rabies.
Meanwhile, the people attacked by the fox are being treated as a precaution.
Police say the fox attacked a woman late Saturday morning, then jumped in the back seat of a car and bit two children ages 7 months and 3 years.
People told residents to keep their distance and call police if they see wild animal acting strangely.
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