FLORIDA: Volusia County Sheriff’s K-9 "Forrest" Shot & Killed During Shootout

A police dog in Florida was fatally shot while chasing down a runaway fugitive who opened fire on cops, authorities said.

The shootout erupted as Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputies searched for a suspect in a patch of woods in Deltona around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Forrest, a member of the agency’s K-9 unit, was struck by the gunfire.

Forrest was rushed to the DeLand Animal Hospital but did not survive, the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post.

The suspect, who was not immediately identified, was wanted for unspecified crimes.

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