LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) – Police in Las Vegas say one in all their Ok-9s was severely injured when responding to a name on Friday.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department mentioned officers had been responding to a barricaded person within the downtown space amid studies of a fireplace.
Officers mentioned they tried to make contact with the person in query, however they refused to adjust to their orders.
The division urged the general public to keep away from the world whereas it was an lively scene.
Later within the afternoon, police mentioned that K-9 Enzo was severely injured whereas responding to the barricade.
Authorities mentioned the Ok-9 was airlifted to an space animal hospital for emergency surgical procedure.
The barricaded person was finally taken into custody by officers after beginning a small fireplace in his residence.
SWAT helped arrest the unidentified man after he got here out of the residence with a knife.
Police mentioned using a Ok-9 in such a scenario was customary protocol for the division.
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