Hanahan Police Department, South Carolina
End of Watch: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Age: 6
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Training accident
Date of Incident: June 18, 2013
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
K9 Shadow died immediately following a training exercise at the Ladson Fairgrounds.
Shadow had just finished being trained with a decoy and was placed in his handler's vehicle. Several minutes later his handler checked on him and noticed that Shadow was in medical distress. He was transported to a local animal hospital where he passed away.
The training exercise had been planned for the afternoon in an attempt to avoid the hottest portion of the day.
Shadow had served with the Hanahan Police Department for five years.