Kye the K-9 police dog is buried with full honors

**Anti Federalist** · 08-29-2014, 12:06 PM

Some animals are more equal than others.

Have to keep an eye on this, sounds like the cop on scene delivered a summary execution.

Kye the K-9 police dog is buried with full honors; cops investigate handler who shot animal’s killer

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1920699

In life and death, this K-9 was his human’s best friend.

An Oklahoma City police dog named Kye was laid to rest Thursday with full honors after dying in the line of duty.

During a funeral service, Kye’s human partner, Sgt. Ryan Stark, leaned over the 3-year-old dog’s flag-draped casket to give his four-legged friend a final pat.

Stark is currently under investigation for shooting and killing the armed suspect who was responsible for Kye’s death, KFOR reports.

The tragic sequence of events started on Sunday, when cops began a high speed car chase in pursuit of 22-year-old Mark Salazar. A cleaning crew reportedly saw the man break into a car. Salazar led cops on a 30 minute chase before troopers blew out his tires. Salazar crashed the car and tried to make a break for it on foot. Stark released Kye and the dog quickly caught up to Salazar.

Stark said he was preparing to call Kye off when he noticed that Salazar was stabbing his dog, OKC Fox reports.

That’s when Stark allegedly pulled out his gun and killed the suspect on the spot.
K-9 Kye to be laid to rest Thursday
Kye, a K-9 officer killed in the line of duty, will be laid to rest Thursday.

The officer, a 13-year veteran of the force, is on paid administrative leave as authorities study whether he was justified in using deadly force.

“We know the officer was in close proximity to the suspect when the suspect was stabbing the dog, which places the officer in great danger of the suspect,” said Oklahoma City Police Capt. Dexter Nelson.

Kye was rushed into surgery after the attack, but died of cardiac arrest on Monday.

Canine officers and their handlers from across the state came to pay their respects to the Belgian German Shepherd. Kye had been working for the Oklahoma City police for about two years

**CPUd** · 08-29-2014, 12:14 PM

They will probably declare it a justified shooting; stabbing a K-9 is treated the same as if he were stabbing a human police.

**TheTexan** · 08-29-2014, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by CPUd

They will probably declare it a justified shooting; stabbing a K-9 is treated the same as if he were stabbing a human police.

It is absolutely a justified shooting. That man killed their dog!

**tod evans** · 08-29-2014, 01:02 PM

So much fail in one article...

**SeanTX** · 08-29-2014, 03:57 PM

Meanwhile, all the K9s who are killed by officers "forgetting" them in hot vehicles, kicking them to death during training, etc, those are going to the city dump, or however animal control disposes of them. Not like they really cared about this one either, but it's good publicity for them.

**TheTexan** · 08-29-2014, 04:04 PM

If a cop were to shoot my dog, I'd be upset but I of course wouldn't shoot him for it, because I know he had to do what he had to do.

But this is different. That guy who stabbed the dog was a criminal. Two completely different scenarios

**Influenza** · 08-29-2014, 04:11 PM

I don't know if this bxm guy is trolling or just a complete idiot, this might be the dozenth time I've wondered about this...

**Danke** · 08-29-2014, 04:14 PM

Ok. Let me see, he sicced a vicious dog on a human being because he was fleeing. Not found guilty by a jury of his peers yet, just running away.

Dog attacking so he decides to defend himself against a vicious animal. What is wrong with that?!

Damn dog now gets a taxpayer expensive funeral?!?!

And the cop executioner is allowed to be free at this point and attend? Beam me up Scotty.

**Anti Federalist** · 08-29-2014, 05:01 PM