Bio & Incident Details
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Age: Not available
Gender: Not available
Tour: Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/18/2012
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Sentenced to 12 years
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K9 Magnum was euthanized after being shot in the face two days earlier while pursuing a bank robbery suspect.
The subject had fled into a bean field during the pursuit, and Magnum was released into the field to find him. He was shot in the face and suffered a critical injury that he could not recover from.
Magnum was the second Anderson Police Department canine to be killed in the line of duty in a three week period.
On February 5th, 2013, the subject who killed K9 Magnum was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
