Summary

Police chase ends on a college campus with a shootout that kills the suspect and a police dog.

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Wednesday
San Diego

:00-:11
Nia Watson
Reporter

:38-:43
Lt. Joseph Jarjura
San Diego County Sheriff's Dept.

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A POLICE DOG AND SUSPECT AREA DEAD FOLLOWING A PURSUIT IN SAN DIEGO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
NIA WATSON HAS DETAILS FROM THE COLLEGE CAMPUS WHERE IT HAPPENED.
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Nia Watson/Reporter
"We're learning more about a K-9 shot and killed during an officer involved shooting here on the Mesa College campus. Authorities say it started with a separate shooting that turned into a police chase."
VIDEO SHOT BY OUR PHOTOJOURNALISTS IN THE 10NEWS BREAKING NEWS TRACKER SHOWING THE SUSPECT TAKE OFF IN A WHITE TESLA WITH POLICE CHASING BEHIND.
THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS BEFORE THE CHASE, SAN DIEGO POLICE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A SHOOTING ON BEN STREET NEAR THE MESA COLLEGE CAMPUS AROUND 1-30 AM.
Lt. Joseph Jarjura/San Diego County Sheriff's Dept.
"The suspect had shot at the victim multiple times and then drove away in a white Tesla."
POLICE LATER SPOTTED THE TESLA AND THE SUSPECT WITH A GUN AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON ARMSTRONG STREET.
THE GUNMAN FLED THE AREA -- LEADING POLICE ON A HALF-MILE CHASE ONTO THE MESA COLLEGE CAMPUS.
THE CHASE EVENTUALLY COMES TO A STOP NEAR THE CONTINUING EDUCATION BUILDING ON MESA COLLEGE CIRCLE.
LT. JOSEPH JARJURA SAYS OFFICERS TOLD THE MAN TO PUT DOWN THE GUN MULTIPLE TIMES AND HE REFUSED.
THAT'S WHEN THEY DEPLOYED THE K-9.
Lt. Joseph Jarjura/San Diego County Sheriff's Dept.
"The suspect produced his gun, fired one shot, which prompted one San Diego PD officer to discharge his weapon. The k-9 was shot during the process by the suspect."
THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
THE K-9, SIR, ALSO DIED.
SAN DIEGO POLICE POSTING THIS HEARTFELT MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THE LOSS OF A VALUED MEMBER OF THEIR TEAM.
THEY SAY SIR WAS A FOUR-AND-A-HALF-YEAR-OLD BELGIAN MALINOIS AND JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN MARCH OF 2022.
THE POST GOES ON TO SAY THE DOG SHOWED "COURAGE, COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION IN EVERY SITUATION HE FACED. HE WAS A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY."
THE DEPARTMENT SAYS SIR IS THE SECOND POLICE K-9 THEY'VE LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
Nia Watson/Reporter
"The sheriff's department say victim in the initial shooting was not hurt despite being shot at and no other officers were hurt in the officer involved shooting. Reporting from Mesa College, Nia Watson, ABC 10 News."
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CALIFORNIA GUN VIOLENCE CRIME POLICE INVESTIGATION