K9 Hero
Blackjack
Allentown Police Department — Allentown, PA
Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Doberman Pinscher
Service Record
End of Watch
March 2, 1985
The Vigil
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Gender
Male
Weapon
Officer's handgun
K9 Profile
Breed
Doberman Pinscher
Cause
Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Agency
Department
Allentown Police Department
Location
Allentown, PA
Incident
K9 Blackjack was shot and killed after mistakenly biting a police officer while attempting an apprehension of a murder suspect.
Officers had pursued the subject until his vehicle crashed in the 2500 block of Allen Street. K9 Blackjack was deployed for an apprehension but mistakenly bit a plainclothes officer who was confronting the suspect. The officer shot K9 Blackjack after he failed to release his grip.
The suspect was apprehended at the scene of the crash.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.