Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada
End of Watch: Thursday, March 31, 2016
Age: 8
Tour of Duty: 5 years, 6 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: March 31, 2016
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
K9 Nicky was shot and killed in the 9800 block of Fast Elk Street while attempting an apprehension of an armed subject.
Officers had responded to the area for reports that the subject had been firing shots. Nicky was deployed as officers attempted to take the subject into custody. The man opened fire, forcing officer to return fire as K9 Nicky bit the subject. One round struck Nicky, killing him.
It was later determined that the man had murdered two of his mother's neighbors who had come to her assistance as he fought with her. The subject later died of the gunshot wounds received by officers.
Nicky had just returned to duty after recovering from wounds inflicted by a machete during a previous apprehension in February 2015.