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tinted windows, according to the report. Officers also observed a 6-year-old boy in the front passenger seat without a seatbelt. When the officer asked the suspect to step out of the vehicle, he sped away, dragging the officer while the officer was clinging to the vehicle, the vehicle reached speeds over 60 mph, police said. “You’re going to kill me, bro!” the officer can be heard saying. After pleading for the suspect to stop, the officer eventually shot the suspect multiple times, video shows. Both fell from the vehicle, and the officer rescued the boy, who was unharmed. The suspect was taken to Erie County Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to the report. The officer was treated for minor injuries and released. A search warrant for the vehicle, which was not registered to the suspect, led to the discovery of a 9 mm Taurus handgun under the driver’s seat, according to the report. “I was horrified watching this video,” Gramaglia stated. “That officer could have been severely injured or killed had it turned out any other way.” FLORIDA’S SHERIFF’S K-9 DIES AFTER “HEAT EPISODE” A Madison County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office K-9 died Friday afternoon after working in mid 90s-degree heat. K-9 Archer, a 6-year-old German shepherd, died at the University of Florida Small Animal Hospital in Gainesville after suffering a “heat episode,” the K-9 Archer of the Marion County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office died Friday after an on-duty heat injury. sheriff’s office said. Sheriff David Harper shared news about the dog’s illness a day earlier on Facebook. In a video shared online, Harper asked community members to pray for Archer and said Archer was helping to find a felon that ran from deputies into a wooded area when he suffered the heat injury. He had been with his handler, Deputy Marcus Roell, for the past two years. BWC: MAN ATTACKS, RE- PEATEDLY STABS N.Y. OFFICER BEFORE FATAL OIS By Joanna Putman Police1 BAY SHORE, N.Y. — The New York Attorney General’s Office has released body camera footage of a fatal police-involved shooting of a man who tackled an officer while raising a knife, News 12 Long Island reported. Trending The Feb. 17 incident began when Suffolk County Police Department officers responded to a domestic violence call, according to the report. The video starts by showing an officer running backward away from a man wielding a knife and a baton. The officer fell backward onto the ground, and the suspect dove on top of him while still holding the weapons, raising the knife. He can then be seen stabbing the officer in the arm. A second officer deployed a TASER moments before a third 68 The Blues - August ‘24

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