Police Dog, Suspect Dead After Chase, Standoff In Ohio

[Purveyor]

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a police dog chasing two suspected car thieves was fatally shot, and one suspect was found dead after a standoff in Ohio.

Toledo police followed the suspects from a car into a vacant home Wednesday evening. Police Chief George Kral says the car's driver shot the dog and was hit by return fire from an officer who then left the home.

The Blade newspaper (http://bit.ly/1L83udp ) reports a standoff ensued and the passenger from the car was eventually arrested. The second suspect died inside the home.

Authorities didn't immediately identify the suspects.

Police lined up with their hands over their hearts in tribute as workers wheeled away the body of the dog, a German Shepherd named Falco.

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http://lancasteronline.com/news/national/police-dog-suspect-dead-after-chase-standoff-in-ohio/article_d0b66161-7cf2-5215-87b3-1f35bdb77944.html

[Bunkalup]

1. always worse when the dog gets killed.

In movies as in life. A tragedy made worse by the death of man's best friend.

[Historic NY]

2. Seems the community agrees...

"Chief Kral thanked the community for their support following the dog’s death, saying “overwhelming doesn’t even cut it.”

Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2015/08/13/Toledo-Police-Department-news-conference-on-deaths-of-K-9-suspect.html#ic8owYEoe4qiOPc6.99

[valerief]

3. Amazing how the dead dog gets billing over the dead human. Even more amazing is

how people get MURDERED over a CAR.

[GGJohn]

4. As well as the police dog should get first billing over the POS that killed Falco. eom.

[840high]

5. Absolutely.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Police dog fetishism is a weird thing. n/t

[Snobblevitch]

8. Murdered? Who was murdered?

If a suspected car thief starts shooting at cops, the cops are going to return fire.

[valerief]

10. The police chased him and MURDERED him over a CAR.

Toledo police followed the suspects from a car into a vacant home Wednesday evening. Police Chief George Kral says the car's driver shot the dog and was hit by return fire from an officer who then left the home.

[branford]

12. "Murder" does not mean what you think it means.

Also, are you really suggesting that the police just ignore armed and dangerous escaping felons?

[GGJohn]

13. In what fucking fantasy world of yours did the cops murder this waste of oxygen?

He murdered a police officer, the other cops didn't open fire until after this waste of oxygen killed one of their own.
Get a fucking grip on reality.

[Snobblevitch]

14. Nobody was murdered.

The suspect shot at the cops. They returned fire. It really is that simple. If this guy was willing to shoot at cops, do you really believe he was not willing to shoot at someone else? This as not about a stolen car. It appears you think it is ok for for people to steal cars.

[valerief]

15. Police Dog, Suspect Dead After Chase, Standoff In Ohio

Ciao forever

[Snobblevitch]

18. If the suspect had not shot at the cops,

his only injuries may have only a few bite marks.

[kiva]

16. No, they shot back at someone who was shooting at them.

And it wasn't just about car theft:

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Police Dog, Suspect Dead After Chase, Standoff in Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio — Aug 13, 2015, 6:22 PM ET
Associated Press

Authorities say a police dog chasing two suspected car thieves was fatally shot, and one suspect was found dead after a standoff in Ohio.

Toledo police followed the suspects from a car into a vacant home Wednesday evening. Police Chief George Kral says the dog went into the crawl space where the suspect was hiding. The suspect, 27-year-old Reginald Marshall, killed the dog and was hit by return fire from an officer.

The Blade newspaper ( http://bit.ly/1L83udp ) reports the other suspect was eventually arrested. Police say it wasn't clear whether Marshall, who was wanted on a murder warrant, died from police gunfire or self-inflicted wounds.

Police lined up with their hands over their hearts in tribute as workers wheeled away the body of the German Shepherd, named Falco.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-dog-suspect-dead-chase-standoff-ohio-33056814

The dog was murdered; the guy with the gun was shot in self-defense (or possibly suicide, lack of information).

[branford]

11. The innocent dog was the one murdered.

He was faithfully doing his job. The dead guy, on the other hand, killed the dog as he was trying to escape a lawful arrest after committing a serious felony, and was subsequently killed when the police legally and properly defended themselves.

Are you really surprised at why the dog might get top billing in this story, or are just unsympathetic to work animals and particularly empathetic to armed and violent car thieves?

[Igel]

17. Not much to say about the human.

He and another stole a car, crashed into another, went into a building, and fired a gun.

No name. No information about the dead man (assuming it was a 'he', but that's the way the odds say to go). Not much else.

Leave out the dog and the reports about the event itself and you don't really have a story about an event that apparently was remarkable, at least in that neighborhood.

Sorry it's not the story you'd want the person to have written.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. poor dog

[restorefreedom]

9. dog had no choice in being there.

kind of sounds like the suspect fired at the police. and police dogs count.