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K9 unlatches gate with paw to save injured deputy

A canine with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office saved a deputy who was fighting with a suspect.

According to a statement, which the sheriff’s office also posted to Facebook, at 1 a.m. on Aug. 5, a deputy responded to a trespassing call in the Shaw Heights neighborhood in the area of 4700 W. 89th Place.

Adams County Sheriff’s Office.

While on the call, a man he was talking to jumped a fence to get away. The deputy ran after him, getting separated from his K9, and began fighting with the suspect, who has been identified as Gabriel Steven Garcia, 25, of Lakewood.

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A canine with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office saved a deputy who was fighting with a suspect.

According to a statement, which the sheriff’s office also posted to Facebook, at 1 a.m. on Aug. 5, a deputy responded to a trespassing call in the Shaw Heights neighborhood in the area of 4700 W. 89th Place.

Adams County Sheriff’s Office.

While on the call, a man he was talking to jumped a fence to get away. The deputy ran after him, getting separated from his K9, and began fighting with the suspect, who has been identified as Gabriel Steven Garcia, 25, of Lakewood.

Adams County Sheriff’s Office.

 

Read the whole story from CBS Denver.

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