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SEARCHPhoenix Police K-9 Bane was killed after being deployed to locate a suspect who had hidden in an attic after bailing from a vehicle a few hours earlier.
Phoenix PD K-9 Bane was killed attempting to apprehend a suspect hiding in an attic. (Photo: Phoenix PD)
Phoenix Police K-9 Bane was killed after it was deployed to locate a suspect who had hidden in an attic after leading police on a pursuit and bailing from the vehicle a few hours earlier, said Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams.
The incident reportedly began with a vehicle theft and pursuit Tuesday afternoon and ended with one woman arrested and a man in the hospital after what police called an officer-involved shooting.
Williams did not immediately confirm the man was shot by an officer but said he was injured and taken to a hospital. She said, however, the incident was the 17th police shooting involving Phoenix officers. Police did not specify how the dog was killed, reports the Arizona Republic .
The suspect was found on top of Bane before he was transported to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries, Williams said.
K-9 Bane was a three-year-old Belgian Malinois who had served the Phoenix Police Department for a little over one year, according to Sgt. Jonathan Howard, Phoenix PD public information officer.
