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Vancouver police K-9 stabbed

Dog, Ike, in critical condition

By Andy Matarrese, Columbian environment and transportation reporter
Published: September 1, 2015, 7:11pm
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Vancouver Police Department K-9 team Ike the dog and officer Jack Anderson.
Vancouver Police Department K-9 team Ike the dog and officer Jack Anderson. (Photo courtesy of VPD) Photo Gallery

A Vancouver police dog is in critical condition after he was stabbed this evening.

A police patrol unit was investigating a suspicious-person call around 6 p.m. in the area of Fruit Valley and Laframbois roads when the officers learned the suspect, Jacky Chan Karuo, 25, of Vancouver, had outstanding arrest warrants, Vancouver Police Department spokeswoman Kim Kapp said.

Vancouver police Officer Jack Anderson and his K-9 partner, Ike, were in the area and assisted with the call. When Ike made contact with Karuo, he allegedly stabbed the dog.

Ike is a Belgian Malinois who went into service in 2012. Kapp said the dog was taken to an emergency veterinarian and remained in critical condition after surgery.

Karuo sustained dog bites and was shocked with a stun gun before being arrested on suspicion of fourth-degree domestic violence assault, harming a police dog, and first-degree criminal impersonation, according to police. He was booked into the Clark County Jail.

The police department’s Major Crimes Unit is investigating the incident.

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Columbian environment and transportation reporter