Died – 2/23/18
Handler – Officer Gregg Johnson
Retired K9 killed by car
Carter County residents are mourning the loss of a retired K9 who died after being hit by a car. The family tells us Kiaa was a narcotics K-9 for the Carter County Sheriff’s Office for 6 years before she and her handler, Gregg Johnson, retired in 2016. We’re told Kiaa got spooked by thunder on Tuesday, causing her take off out of her kennel. Lone Grove police officers found Kiaa’s body on the side of Highway 70 Thursday. The family says Kiaa helped solve several drug cases and was loved by all. She was nine years old.