K9 Hero
Ferro
Pierce County Sheriff's Department — Tacoma, WA
Struck by vehicle
German Shepherd
Service Record
K9 Profile
Breed
German Shepherd
Cause
Struck by vehicle
Agency
Department
Pierce County Sheriff's Department
Location
Tacoma, WA
Incident
K9 Ferro was struck and killed by a patrol car as he chased a subject who fled during a traffic stop.
K9 Ferro's handler had conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of 112th Street and Pacific Avenue in Parkland. The driver fled across the street into a gas station. As K9 Ferro chased the subject he was struck by a patrol car responding to the scene.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.