SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on multiple allegations after a Sheriff's Office K9 died during an arrest.
Just before noon on Thursday, the Wichita Police Domestic intervention and Violence Reduction team was in the area of Pawnee and Rock attempting to locate a 24-year-old robbery suspect, according to Wichita Police Lt. Lieutenant Aaron Moses.
Just after noon, police located the suspect but he fled into a creek and barricaded himself in a storm drain and refused to come out.
Sheriff's deputies and police used extended leashes and sent K9 officers into the drain. There was an altercation between the suspect and Sedgwick County Sheriff K9 Bane. The dog was pronounced deceased on scene, according to Moses.
Just after 2:30p.m. the suspect was finally taken into custody and transported for treatment of minor injuries from the K9. After the suspect is released, police will book him into the Sedgwick County Detention Center.
A necropsy will be performed on the K9 officer to determine the cause of death. Wichita Police are in charge of the investigation and will present the case to the district attorney's office, according Sheriff's Lt. Nathan Gibbs.