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A San Diego police dog injured during a SWAT standoff in the Gaslamp Quarter was treated and released from a veterinary hospital Wednesday afternoon, police officials said.
Officers had sent the dog, Bowie, into an apartment Tuesday afternoon as they tried to arrest a suspect wanted in connection with hitting a woman over the head with a baseball bat on Friday.
Police had tried to serve an arrest warrant early in the day, but the man refused to come out of his apartment near Second and West Island avenues, said police spokesperson Lt. Cesar Jimenez. SWAT officers were called after officers were told the man might be armed, and they tried several “less-lethal” methods, but he still refused to come out, police said.
At one point, he fired a pellet gun at officers, Jimenez said.
Police finally sent the dog into the apartment, and that’s when the suspect allegedly attacked the dog, strangling it and injuring its throat, Jimenez said. He said officers went in after the dog and placed the suspect under arrest.
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