New York City ? An 8-month-old boy was attacked and killed by the family’s pet Doberman pinscher in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon, police said.

The 7-year-old dog, a neutered male named Maccabee who had been a member of the family since he was a puppy, set upon Andrew Stein after he touched the dog’s paw inside the family’s home, the boy’s grandmother told police.

The grandmother, who was baby-sitting Andrew and was in the kitchen at the time, heard the child scream and ran to see what happened.

The grandmother ran next door and enlisted the help of a neighbor who pulled the dog off Andrew, brought the baby to his apartment and performed CPR on him while his wife dialed 911.

Andrew was rushed to Kings County Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The child’s parents were not home.