K9 Hero

Hooch

Alabama Department of Corrections — Montgomery, AL

Struck by vehicle Beagle

Service Record

End of Watch October 10, 2019

Age 7

Gender Male

K9 Profile

Breed Beagle

Cause Struck by vehicle

Agency

Department Alabama Department of Corrections

Location Montgomery, AL

Incident

K9 Hooch was struck and killed by a hit-and-run tractor-trailer on I-20 in St. Clair County while tracking an escapee from the St. Clair County Jail.

K9 Hooch and his handler responded to the area after the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office requested assistance from the Alabama Department of Corrections tracking team. Hooch tracked the subject to I-20 and his handler requested that deputies stop traffic on the interstate so they could cross and continue the track.

A vehicle slowed down but a tractor-trailer behind it could not stop and swerved around it. The semi struck K9 Hooch, killing him, and failed to stop. Deputies were not in a position to stop the vehicle.

K9 Hooch had served with the Alabama Department of Corrections for seven years.