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| Police K-9 dies in line of duty during fiery South Carolina shootout | |
| 2024-09-23 | |
| [FoxNews] Officer Mikka died and an officer was wounded after the suspect opened fire in rural Lee County A search for a suspect ended in a fiery shootout in South Carolina that left a law enforcement officer wounded and a police K-9 dead. K-9 Mikka was killed during a standoff in Lee County on Friday afternoon, following a chaotic standoff with a suspect wanted in the shooting of a McBee Police Department officer on Thursday night. Agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) responded to Lee County as part of a multi-agency search for an armed and dangerous subject, identified as Altson Modlin, 27, according to the Horry County Police Department.
Following the shooting in Chesterfield County, a search spanning multiple counties occurred and Modlin was located around 10 a.m., when a deadly shootout ensued, officials said. Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said law enforcement officers were following Modlin's car when they ran into live fire from him from an assault-style rifle, News19 confirmed. Simon confirmed to WPDE that one of his deputies was grazed by a bullet by shots fired at officers on the scene of the standoff. Simon said a patrol car burned after it was struck by bullets. "Shots that actually hit the vehicle. The vehicle ignited and caught fire, and, you know, she obviously couldn't get out of the vehicle," Simon explained to News19. "The officers couldn't get to the vehicle to open the door, because they, like I said, they were under duress. They couldn't get to the vehicle." Tragically, the officer couldn't get to K-9 Mikka inside the car due to all the shots fired, and the dog died in the fire, Simon told WPDE. Authorities said nearly 200 law enforcement officers and 10 agencies were in Lee County to assist with the standoff. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 Sad, that the K-9 literally burned to death because its fellow offices could not to a access door get to it. But KARMA took care of the POS named Altson Modlin who once lived at 6## Aspen St, in Florence, SC. As it was dispatched around 10am on Una Road in Lee County |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-09-23 05:34 |