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Metro
2 days ago
- Metro
Police chief's K-9 dog mauls his 3-year-old daughter to death
A police chief's K-9 dog killed his young daughter in the back yard of their home while he was away. The German Shepherd named Draco was in a kennel and 'not actively attacking' when deputies responded to a call for a child being assaulted by a dog at the home in Burlington, Colorado, according to the Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Travis Belden and a deputy found the three-year-old girl unresponsive, and her mother, in the yard on Monday. The toddler was rushed to Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital. 'Despite best efforts by medical staff the child was eventually declared deceased,' stated the sheriff's office. 'This is a very tragic situation, affecting this community as a whole.' Burlington police Chief Nate Hill was keeping Draco at his home after Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office ended its K-9 program and donated him to the city's force. 'We our deeply saddened by the tragic incident that occurred within the city limits of Burlington, CO,' stated the Burlington Police Department. 'Our hearts go out to Chief Nate Hill, his wife and family for the loss of their little girl, who was victim of a dog attack.' Draco was taken to the Burlington Dog Pound and 'humanely euthanized', according to the Kit Carson sheriff's office. He had served as a narcotics detection dog. More Trending 'The dog was not trained in any kind of bite work to include protection or apprehension,' said the Kit Carson sheriff's office. Draco was not in service at the time of the attack. The incident is under investigation. The police department also said it was 'a tragic accident and not a criminal matter'. A Facebook post by the Cheyenne sheriff's office indicated that Draco was deployed in a traffic stop on June 19 'to conduct a free air sniff, resulting in a positive alert on the vehicle indicative of the presence of controlled substances'. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Woman caught shoving 400 Jellycats down her trousers fined £120 MORE: Quadbike rider flips over after ramming police car in Liverpool MORE: Fish thieving gull swooping on seaside chippy 'kicked to death' by angry customer
Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Miami Herald
3-year-old girl killed by former police dog in backyard attack, Colorado cops say
A 3-year-old girl died after being attacked by a former police dog in her family's backyard, Colorado authorities reported. Sheriff Travis Belden and a deputy responding to a 911 report of a dog attack in Burlington found the girl in the yard and the dog secured in a kennel on Monday, Aug. 11, the Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, deputies said. The girl was the daughter of the town's police chief, the Burlington Police Department said in a news release. The dog was a former narcotics K-9 with the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office that was donated to Burlington police when the office closed down its K-9 program, deputies said. The dog, which was being kept by the police chief, was not on active duty, deputies said. It was euthanized by animal control officers after the attack at his home. 'He's trained for detection. He's not in any way trained for patrol work, apprehension, anything that would involve biting... So it is very uncharacteristic for him to attack in this fashion,' Belden told KUSA. The dog, a German shepherd named Draco, had been with the sheriff's office since 2023, Belden told the station. The Burlington Police Department does not currently have a police dog program. The incident remains under investigation, deputies said. 'The city of Burlington staff is a family, and our hearts are hurting for the family and those affected by this unfortunate event,' police said in the news release. Burlington is about a 170-mile drive southeast from Denver.
