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07/07/2003
AUBURN, Wash - A police dog came out on top in a confrontation with a
man who shot at the animal in Auburn.
Police said it began with a traffic stop about 1:00 a.m. Monday morning
on a car with expired license tabs.
The driver was arrested for driving with a suspended license during a
traffic stop at Fred Meyer on Auburn Way.
But the passenger ran off, pursued by the police dog, named Blitz.
Spokesman Larry Miller says the fleeing man shot at the dog. But a
bullet-proof vest saved the life the dog's life.
Then the dog's handler shot at the man.
No one was hit by the bullets. The gunman, who turned out to be a convicted felon, was taken down and bitten by Blitz.
The gunman man was treated for puncture wounds at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Blitz was checked by a vet and he is O.K.
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