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Police K-9 stabbed during standoff after man robbed family member at knifepoint: KCKPD
SHAWNEE, Kan. — Kansas City, Kansas, police say a Shawnee police K-9 that was assisting during an overnight barricade/standoff call was stabbed and taken to a vet.
KCKPD said officers responded to the call just east of 10th and Riverview at 3:45 a.m. Police said someone called 911 after a family member armed with a knife came back to the home following an assault.
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Investigators said the suspect barricaded himself, leading to a standoff. Shawnee police sent K-9 Officer Dagger to help – but when officers tried to arrest the suspect, he stabbed the K-9.
'The K-9 handler actually saw the suspect; everything he observed, [it] appeared that he was not armed,' KCKPD Officer Thomas Tomasic told FOX4.
'So, they sent the dog in. When the dog approached, the dog was stabbed. [Officers] pulled the dog out, and that's when we set up an official barricade on the suspect.'
KCKPD said the suspect surrendered at 7:30 a.m. and was arrested after robbing a family member.
'A family member had robbed another family member at knifepoint,' Tomasic said.
'The dog was wearing its protective gear, but it was stabbed in the neck area. So the vest would not have protected the dog from that.'
Police said K-9 Officer Dagger was taken to a veterinary clinic and is expected to fully recover.
A spokesperson for the police department said they're grateful Dagger is healing, and they appreciate all support and well wishes. : Dagger, Draco and Marx.
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