Died – 7\/6\/17
\nHandler – Officer Courtney Fuller<\/p>\n
Police K9 dies of heat stroke left in squad car<\/p>\n
An Indiana sheriff\u2019s department K9 died of apparent heat stroke Thursday after his handler failed to remove him from the back of his squad car. According to a release from DeKalb County Sheriff Don Lauer, DeKalb County Sheriff\u2019s Department School Resource Officer Courtney Fuller and K9 Mojo returned home from duty around 3 p.m. Thursday. Fuller, though, became distracted by a \u201csituation\u201d with his newborn child and never removed Mojo from the back of his county squad car. Fuller noticed Mojo was not in his kennel around 7:15 p.m., Lauer said. He went out to the squad car and found Mojo dead of an apparent heat stroke. Fuller immediately contacted his supervisor, who contact the Allen County Sheriff\u2019s Department to conduct an investigation, according to Lauer. That investigation continues. Mojo was taken to Purdue University for a necropsy to officially confirm the cause of death. Fuller, who served as the SRO at Eastside Junior\/Senior High School in Butler with Mojo, has been placed on suspension pending the result of the investigation, Lauer said. \u201cThe DeKalb County Sheriff\u2019s Department regrets this tragic mistake and mourns the loss of one of its members,\u201d Lauer wrote in a release. No other information was provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 7\/6\/17 Handler – Officer Courtney Fuller Police K9 dies of heat stroke left in squad car An Indiana sheriff\u2019s department K9 died of apparent heat stroke Thursday after his handler failed to remove him from the back of his squad car. According to a release from DeKalb County Sheriff Don Lauer, DeKalb County …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-3654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-k9memorial","tag-in"],"yoast_head":"\n