A Greenwood, Arkansas police K-9 that went missing Wednesday after being wounded during a shootout that left a deputy dead and a police chief wounded was found alive Friday morning.
K-9 Kina was discovered shortly before 8 a.m. in a fenced in yard about two miles from the scene of the shooting, according to KFSM-TV.
When Kina was spotted, she came to her handler, Cpl. Dennis Wisner, and was wearing her bullet-proof vest.
The dog was transported to Cornerstone Veterinary Clinic for treatment. Kina was shot twice and sustained bullet entrance and exit wounds to her neck and back.
X-rays showed some bullet fragments still lodged inside the dog and a veterinarian told police had she been shot two inches lower on one of the shots, she would not have survived.
Greenwood Police Chief Will Dawson said that Kina also was dehydrated, but is receiving fluids.
According to a post on the Cornerstone Veterinary Clinic, Kina is doing well and is expected to make a full recovery.
Officers and volunteers have been searching for Kina since she went missing during the shooting involving suspect Billy Jones that left Sebastian County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Cooper fatally shot, Hackett Police Chief Darrell Spells wounded.
Wisner's vehicle when she was shot during the incident and Kina took off running. Officers found blood in her kennel, leading them to believe she had been wounded.
