Died – 7\/23\/17<\/p>\n
K9 officer’s death under investigation<\/p>\n
The Hot Spring County Sheriff\u2019s Department is mourning the loss of K9 officer Luky after the dog was found dead this past weekend. According to the sheriff\u2019s office, Luky had been with the department since 2015 and was found dead at his handler\u2019s home on Sunday. \u201cIt happened sometime in the afternoon. He was fed and watered that morning. At 1 o’clock, he was fine, running and playing,\u201d said Sheriff Cash. Cash says 3 \u00bd year old Luky, a Belgian Malinois, was outside and in the shade for several hours while his handler went to run errands. \u201cHe found him around 6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. so sometime between 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. is when it happened,\u201d said Sheriff Cash. The sheriff\u2019s department cannot confirm if Sunday\u2019s extreme temperatures played a role in Luky\u2019s death. \u201cIt was hot that day, of course, but as to whether or not it caused it, I don\u2019t know,\u201d said Cash.K9 officer Luky’s body was sent to Little Rock for a necropsy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 7\/23\/17 K9 officer’s death under investigation The Hot Spring County Sheriff\u2019s Department is mourning the loss of K9 officer Luky after the dog was found dead this past weekend. According to the sheriff\u2019s office, Luky had been with the department since 2015 and was found dead at his handler\u2019s home on Sunday. \u201cIt …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-3749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ar"],"yoast_head":"\n