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Suspect Killed After Stabbing Police Dog

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German shepherd dead after Pittsburgh foot chase.

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Authorities said a person was shot and killed and a K9 officer was fatally stabbed in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Port Authority Police said the dog was killed after a foot chase and was rushed to a nearby veterinary hospital with multiple stab wounds. The 5-year-old German shepherd, identified as K9 Aren, died after being transported, according to a Facebook post by the Pittsburgh Police K9 Unit. Sources told CBS a person was shot and killed by police after he stabbed the police dog.

Read it at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette