Ga. Police K-9 Wounded in Shooting with Domestic Incident Suspect
A Georgia police K-9 was shot and wounded by a suspect in a domestic disturbance late Monday.
Gwinnett County police responded to a report concerning an "aggravated domestic incident" just before 10:30 p.m. at a home in Lawrenceville, WXIA-TV reports. According to the call, an armed man had been threatening a woman, but the suspect had fled by the time officers arrived.
The department's aviation and K-9 units were deployed to search for the man in a nearby wooded area. When the suspect was found, he allegedly began shooting at police and struck a police K-9.
An officer returned fire, and the suspect was wounded in the exchange. Police provided aid for the man at the scene before he was taken to the hospital.
The wounded K-9 was taken to an animal hospital and is expected to survive, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“The K-9 is at the vet (and) is in stable condition at this time,” Cpl. Ryan Winderweedle said Tuesday.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is handling the shooting.