K9 Hero
Maxo
United States Department of Homeland Security - United States Secret Service Uniformed Division — Washington, DC
Fall
Belgian Malinois
Service Record
K9 Profile
Breed
Belgian Malinois
Cause
Fall
Agency
Department
United States Department of Homeland Security - United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
Location
Washington, DC
Incident
K9 Maxo died when he fell while performing a security sweep of a parking garage on Iberville Street, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during a protective assignment for Vice President Joe Biden.
Maxo was searching for explosives when he fell from the sixth-floor roof of the parking deck to the ground below. He was rushed to an emergency animal hospital where he died.
K9 Maxo had served with the United States Secret Service for 15 months.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.