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Placer County Sheriff’s K-9 Eros dies of prostate cancer months after recovering from shooting<\/p>\n
In a sad turn of events, Placer County K-9 Deputy Eros, who was shot during an arrest in January, died late Thursday night after a battle with Prostate cancer, sheriff’s department officials said. The Placer County Sheriff’s Department announce Eros’ death in a tweet early Friday morning along with a tribute video. Eros was the K9 officer who was struck by a bullet during a shooting spree earlier in January. Eros also suffered a broken hip bone in that incident, but was able to recover and was back on patrol by March.In recent months, however, the Placer County Sheriff\u2019s Office says Eros was diagnosed with prostate cancer.The prostate cancer was aggressive, but the veterinary team worked hard to give Eros the best care possible. On Thursday, Eros passed away and crossed the rainbow bridge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 6\/6\/19 Handler – Deputy Kevin Thompson Placer County Sheriff’s K-9 Eros dies of prostate cancer months after recovering from shooting In a sad turn of events, Placer County K-9 Deputy Eros, who was shot during an arrest in January, died late Thursday night after a battle with Prostate cancer, sheriff’s department officials said. The …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-7076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ca"],"yoast_head":"\n