K9 Hero

Jango

Bakersfield Police Department — Bakersfield, CA

Gunfire Belgian Malinois

Service Record

End of Watch April 27, 2021

Gender Male

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

K9 Profile

Breed Belgian Malinois

Origin Netherlands

Cause Gunfire

Agency

Department Bakersfield Police Department

Location Bakersfield, CA

Incident

K9 Jango was shot and killed while attempting an apprehension of a convicted felon following a pursuit of a stolen vehicle.

Officers had attempted to stop the vehicle on Highway 58 but the subject refused to stop and lead officers on a pursuit. The vehicle crashed through a chainlink fence along the highway and the man fled on foot into a nearby residential area. The man was located hiding in the backyard of a home in the 2000 block of Feliz Drive and K9 Jango was released to perform an apprehension.

During the apprehension, the man opened fire with a handgun and killed K9 Jango. Other officers returned fire and killed the subject.