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SEARCHThe department said K-9 Jango is believed to have been struck by gunfire when a man who was reportedly driving a stolen vehicle and had fled police fired at the K-9 and his human partner as they approached him inside a building.
Bakersfield, CA, police K-9 Jango was killed during a search for a stolen vehicle suspect. (Photo: Bakersfield PD)
The Bakersfield (CA) Police Department reports that one of its K-9s was shot and killed during a search last week. The suspect was killed by police.
The department said K-9 Jango is believed to have been struck by gunfire when a man who was reportedly driving a stolen vehicle and had fled police fired at the K-9 and his human partner as they approached him, KGET reports.
According to BPD, officers tried to stop a reported stolen vehicle traveling eastbound on Highway 58, just before 9 PM. According to BPD the suspect, only identified as a man, failed to yield, went off road and crashed through a fence on the embankment.
