K9 Hero

Murph

Tempe Police Department — Tempe, AZ

Gunfire Unknown Breed

Service Record

End of Watch November 21, 1986

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

K9 Profile

Breed Unknown Breed

Cause Gunfire

Agency

Department Tempe Police Department

Location Tempe, AZ

Incident

K9 Murph was shot and killed by a man who had murdered Police Officer Kenneth Moody of the Houston, Texas, Police Department on November 26, 1969.

The suspect was released after serving only 11 years for Officer Moody's murder when a federal judge overturned his sentence.