The officers of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are mourning the loss of one of their own this week, following the March 31 fatal shooting of a loyal police dog named Nicky, People confirms. A spokesman for the force tells People that the K-9 officer was killed by friendly fire during what police characterized as a "running gun battle" between police and a man suspected of killing his two neighbors. The spokesman confirms that four Las Vegas officers discharged 23 bullets in Thursday's exchange with James Craig Simpson, 31, who has since been detained on murder, weapons, and kidnapping charges. It is...
- 4/5/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
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