K9 Hero
Rooster
Wichita Police Department — Wichita, KS
Gunfire
Belgian Malinois
Service Record
End of Watch
March 18, 2017
The Vigil
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Gender
Male
Weapon
Gun; Unknown type
K9 Profile
Breed
Belgian Malinois
Cause
Gunfire
Agency
Department
Wichita Police Department
Location
Wichita, KS
Incident
K9 Rooster was shot and killed while attempting an apprehension of a subject at the scene of a domestic disturbance.
Officers had been sent to the mobile home in the 2300 block of East MacArthur Road to investigate the incident. A male subject exited the home with a firearm and then went back inside. The subject opened fire on K9 Rooster when he was released to attempt an apprehension.
Other officers on the scene returned fire and killed the subject.
K9 Rooster had served with the Wichita Police Department for five years.
K9 Rooster's handler had been the handler for K9 Bane of the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, who was killed in the line of duty on November 16, 2023.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.