Died – 6\/27\/16
\nHandler – Deputy Andrew Krout<\/p>\n
Fountain County K9 officer dies after manhunt<\/p>\n
The Fountain County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s K9, Tyson, died Monday from injuries sustained in the line of duty. Over the weekend, Tyson was called out to assist multiple agencies in the search and eventual arrest of three males who robbed Walgreens at gun point in Danville, Illinois. Due to the high outside temperature and humidity, Tyson began experiencing minor heat exhaustion, which later became critical. The K9 was rushed via ambulance to a local veterinarian\u2019s office to be monitored, but Tyson ended up dying from complications. The Fountain County Sheriff\u2019s Department released the following statement on its Facebook page: \u201cK9 Tyson served us as a department and you all in this and surrounding counties with pride, and we will forever be grateful for his service and ultimate sacrifice to protect his citizens of this great county.\u201d Neither the Crawfordsville Police Department or the Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office were asked to assist in the recent search. Crawfordsville Police Chief Mike Norman said his department will \u201cwithout a doubt\u201d assist Fountain County with K9 support if asked. \u201cIt\u2019s just as tragic as losing a police officer,\u201d Norman said. \u201cKnowing our community and the support our K9 program has received and how useful it is, it\u2019s going to be a huge loss to Fountain County.\u201d \u201cPolice K9s are a part of our law enforcement family,\u201d Montgomery County Sheriff Mark Casteel agreed, \u201cand their loss can be devastating. FCSD is in our thoughts and prayers.\u201d Tyson had been on the road with FCSD with his handler, Deputy Andrew Krout, for four years.Deputy Alden Hohenstein said Krout was hoping to get at least three more years on the road with Tyson before retiring the K9 and then spend maybe six more years with Tyson as a pet.Lt. Russ Keller is one of two K9 handlers for Crawfordsville and can only imagine what Tyson\u2019s handler is going through right now. \u201cIt\u2019d be devastating,\u201d Keller said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got that bond because most K9s are with us all the time. They\u2019re part of our families. On behalf of myself and Officer Plant, the other K9 handler, we want to send out our thoughts and prayers to Tyson\u2019s handler and his family and offer him whatever support he may need in this time.\u201d Because Tyson was a police K9, he will receive a fallen officer\u2019s funeralservices. Memorial service and funeral arrangements are still pending and will be shared with the public later this week. Donations are being accepted on behalf of K9 Tyson through the Fountain County Sheriff\u2019s Department K9 fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 6\/27\/16 Handler – Deputy Andrew Krout Fountain County K9 officer dies after manhunt The Fountain County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s K9, Tyson, died Monday from injuries sustained in the line of duty. Over the weekend, Tyson was called out to assist multiple agencies in the search and eventual arrest of three males who robbed Walgreens …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-1761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-in"],"yoast_head":"\n