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Perp, stabbing K9 Unit, Shot and Killed by PoPo


Police said K-9 Sgt. Ryan Stark was the officer involved in a Sunday night pursuit that ended in a fatal shooting.

Kye, a 3-year-old German Shepherd who was involved in the pursuit, suffered multiple stab wounds Sunday night and underwent emergency surgery. He died about 3:30 p.m. Monday, police said.

The name of the man who stabbed Kye and led authorities on the pursuit, which ended in an officer-involved shooting, has not been released. Police said K-9 Sgt. Ryan Stark fatally shot the man.

What happened

About 8:45 p.m., police were called to a business burglary at 7233 S Air Depot Blvd. Officers saw a man drive away and pursued. Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers led the pursuit when the driver was speeding southbound on Interstate 35 in Norman, Oklahoma City police Capt. Dexter Nelson said.

Troopers used tactics to end the pursuit near the Goldsby exit on I-35, where the vehicle hit a ditch west of the highway, Nelson said.

Oklahoma City K9 officers and gang unit officers stayed back with troopers until the driver got out of the vehicle and started running south near the service road. A K9 officer, who later was identified as Stark, let the police dog chase the driver. The K9, later identified as Kye, apprehended the driver as he ran behind a business, police said.

Stark made his way to the man�s location to pull the dog off of the man, at which point he saw the driver had a knife and was stabbing the police dog, police said. Stark was in close proximity to the driver at the time, police said. Stark fatally shot the man, and the police dog was taken to a veterinarian for emergency surgery.

From a legal standpoint, a K9 is considered a tool that an officer uses, Nelson said. However, police officers view them as partners, he said.

A police officer could not shoot a person solely for attacking a K9 dog, but officers are trained that they can use lethal force when they are within 21 to 25 feet of a person with a knife if the situation warrants, Nelson said.

Sunday�s shooting was the seventh officer-involved shooting this year, police said. Four of those shootings were fatal, police said.


Oklahoma City police K-9 Kye is shown in February
during a demonstration on training involved for police
dogs. Kye died Monday following a stabbing attack Sunday.
ARCHIVE PHOTO, CHRIS LANDSBERGER

Now there's a GOOD shoot, but very sorry the dog was killed.

Good

trash cleaned up. to bad the dog died.

I don't think the police want to start playing the "kill my dog and I kill you" game.

Sad about the dog.

Yep, it's fine for officers to shoot family pets without consequence, but K9 units are hands off. Good job! I hope this takes some of the heat off Officer Holtzclaw so they can get him clear of the sexual assault charges.

The knife wielder (defending himself against a vicious attack) is nowhere near the police? No problem. Police just move in to within the "legal" limit and shoot him.

LE is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Were you there? No! Are you a police officer? If not, you have no business saying anything negative about their actions no matter what they do. STFU!!

Yep, good idea for sure, pal.

I'm not a cop anymore, but you can bet your sweet ass I'd shoot the sumbish that was stabbing my dog.

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Stab my dog & find out what happens.

Id end up dead. No way id sit and let any dog nip and bite my ass. Good bye cruel world, but im taking that fookin dog with me!

I follow the philosophy of not doing anything to get a police dog sicced on me...

So long at the law applies the exact same standard to me if I should catch someone delivering serious bodily injury to my dog.

Oh so do I. But I got bit when I was a kid. Dont get me wrong, im ok around dogs. But they get nasty I flip the fook out! Killed my buddies rottweiler when we were partying one night in my 20's. SOB started getting nippy and I told him to get it the fook away from me but he didnt. Friend or no friend, your fookin dog gets at me im gonna kill it.

I'd have shot him until I was empty. I know very few people I like as well as dogs.

Perp should have been shot for running.

Yep, this 8 year old knew the deal:

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/nov/27/police-defend-k--in-attack-on--year-old/


If he had so much as laid a finger on that dog there isn't an officer in the country who wouldn't have shot his punk ass.

^^^This^^^

Sounds like the Perp got exactly what he deserved!