Indiana State Police, Indiana
End of Watch: Monday, June 24, 2013
Age: 8
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 24, 2013
Weapon Used: Handgun; .40 caliber
Suspect Info: In custody
K9 Kilo was shot and killed by a subject who was barricaded inside a home on Iowa Avenue in Sellersburg, Indiana.
Members of the Sellersburg Police Department had attempted to serve a mental inquest warrant on the subject earlier in the morning. Upon the officers' arrival, the subject took his two children hostage at gunpoint and moved them on foot to the backyard of a home on East Delaware Court. He then left the children and barricaded himself in the house after breaking into it.
Several members of the Indiana State Police, Clark County Sheriff's Office, and the Sellersburg Police Department, along with K9 Kilo, responded to the scene. It was unclear if the suspect was still in the home when officers entered it, as the suspect had broken into several houses to flee arrest. As officers cleared the home K9 Kilo located the subject hiding in a closet. The man opened fire through the wall in an attempt to shoot Kilo and wound an officer. He later stated that he believed that if he wounded an officer he would be able to kill additional officers as they attempted a rescue.
After shooting through the wall, the man remained barricaded in the home for eight hours before wounding a deputy with the Clark County Sheriff's Office. The man was later taken into custody.