K-9 Oya, Praised As 'Good Girl', Dies In Line Of Duty

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The pursuit of two suspects who ran from a crashed car ended in the death of a North County Police Cooperative K-9.

The cooperative said in a statement that K-9 Officer Oya died in the line of duty after the Wednesday morning pursuit.

At about 10:30 a.m., officers saw a stolen vehicle and tried to pull it over. The car fled and crashed just a block away, near Hodiamont and Wells avenues along the county's border with St. Louis.

Two people got out of the car and ran in separate directions. Oya was deployed to apprehend one of them, ultimately ending in her death.

Police did not elaborate on how Oya died, or whether she died at the scene or at a later time.

Both suspects escaped and remain at large. They are believed to be armed and dangerous.

in May, the department praised Oya as a "good girl" after she found 7.5 grams of suspected fentanyl during a felony stop. "She’s always making her partner, Canine Officer Freeman, proud!" the department said at the time.

K-9 Oya, praised as 'good girl' by North County Police Cooperative, dies in line of duty

Rest in peace and thank you for your service, K-9 Oya.

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