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\nHandler – Officer Michael DeMarco<\/p>\n
Chicago police are mourning the loss of two K9 officers who died in less than a month.According to Chicago police, K9 officer Lun died suddenly while on duty on Monday and K9 officer Max died on Sunday, Jan. 28, following an illness.Officers paid tribute to the two fallen K9s in a social media post on Tuesday afternoon, thanking the dogs for their service to the city.\u201cWe thank K9 Lun and K9 Max for their service to Chicago. They will be missed. Please keep their Canine Handler partners in your thoughts,\u201d the post read in part.Police say K9 Lun and his handler, Officer Michael DeMarco, who had been together since June of 2018, worked together detecting explosives at O\u2019Hare Airport and on public transit.Officers say K9 Max, who passed away after suffering a brief yet aggressive illness, had worked with his handler, Officer Al Hadac, since May 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died \u2013 2\/19\/24 Handler – Officer Michael DeMarco Chicago police are mourning the loss of two K9 officers who died in less than a month.According to Chicago police, K9 officer Lun died suddenly while on duty on Monday and K9 officer Max died on Sunday, Jan. 28, following an illness.Officers paid tribute to the two …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-15686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-il"],"yoast_head":"\n