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  • Portland Shootout Kills K-9, Injures Officer; 3 Suspects in Custody

    A Portland Police Bureau K-9 German Shepherd was shot and killed early Wednesday, and his handler was wounded, during the investigation of a burglary at a retail store in Southwest Portland, Ore.

    Mick, the police K-9, was fatally shot with at least one gunshot wound during a shootout at about 3 a.m. Wednesday morning between police and burglary suspects. After a search, the dog’s body was found at about 10 a.m. under the hedge in front of a home on the 4100 block of South Lobelia Street.

    Jeff Dorn, a 16 year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau and Mick’s handler, was shot in both legs. Dorn’s wounds were not life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery.

    Post by Portland Police Bureau (Portland, Oregon).

    Police were investigating a burglary at the Blumenthal Uniform & Equipment store on Southwest Barbur Boulevard in Southwest Portland. Officers spotted three intruders exiting the store and saw them get into a white Suburban.

    Police chased the SUV to Southwest Capitol Highway, and the SUV crashed into a utility pole at the Lobelia Street intersection.

    The three suspects ran out of the SUV, and one of the officers sent his police dog after them, Portland Police Chief Mike Reese said.

    “Take that suspect!” the officer instructed the dog, and then a shootout began, according to Reese.

    The suspected shooter, whose name has not yet been released, was carrying a weapon similar to an AR-15 rifle, and fled on foot after the shots were fired. The weapon was later recovered on the scene.

    Police searched for about three hours for the suspected shooter, who they confronted at gunpoint on the 6900 block of South West Olson Road, roughly three miles from where the shooting took place.

    The shooting suspect surrendered to police.

    Three suspects are currently in police custody.

    Dorn and Mick had been partnered for only a short while. According to the Portland Police Bureau, Mick only passed certification as a K-9 on March 21 after undergoing an extensive training program.

    People reached out to the Portland Police Bureau on social media to mourn the loss of Mick.

     

     

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  • Portland Shootout Leaves K-9 Dead, Officer Wounded

    A police dog sent after a robbery suspect was killed during a shootout in Portland, Oregon Wednesday morning, and the K-9 unit handler was wounded.

    The incident began after police observed three men exiting a uniform shop, which lead to a vehicle pursuit. The chase ended when the suspects crashed their SUV into a utility pole. The suspects and police exchanged fire, and officer Jeff Dorn was wounded in both legs. “Mick,” a dog who had recently joined the K-9 unit, was later found dead under a hedge in a yard.

    In a statement, Officer Dorn, a 16-year veteran, said that “Mick saved my life,” after the officer had told the dog to “Take that suspect!” Portland Police Chief Mike Reese said that the shootout ensued shortly after Dorn sicced Mick on the three men.

    Three suspects are now in custody, including one authorities had been tracking through southwest Portland neighborhoods for roughly three hours. That suspect was injured during the incident, and was transported to a local hospital.

    The Portland PD was initially unable to locate Mick after the shootout, and used Twitter to put the word out:

    Sadly, Mick was located with apparent gunshot wounds:

    Police dogs are specially trained for duties including searching for drugs and explosives, searching for missing people, sniffing out crime scene evidence and protecting their handlers. The most commonly used breed is the German Shepherd, although Belgian Malinois are also employed. John Reese, the protagonist in the CBS crime drama Person of Interest owns a Belgian Malinois named “Bear.”

    Police vehicles formed a procession to transport Mick across the Willamette River to an animal hospital after the shooting. Sgt. Rhonda Sandoval, an official of the Oregon Police Canine Association, commented that police dogs are trained to bond with their handlers, and that they “become part of our lives and our families.”

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