SAN DIEGO
San Diego firefighters made quick work of a fire in a Midway District business Saturday night.
Someone called 911 just after 7:35 p.m. to report seeing smoke coming from the door of a decorating business on Barnett Avenue at Lytton Street, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Crews quickly arrived, found a fire and had it out within 14 minutes of reaching the building, the agency said. They were able to keep it to the first floor.
Residents of apartments over the business were briefly evacuated but soon allowed to return.
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SAN DIEGO
A San Diego police dog named Titan is recovering after undergoing surgery and receiving more than 100 stitches to repair wounds caused when he was stabbed in the side by a man accused of trespassing at a business Monday.
Officers called to the business on Barnett Avenue near Midway Drive around 11:30 a.m. found a 35-year-old man. Police said they tried talking to the man but he refused to give them any information and kept reaching for a bag.
The officers tried to put him in handcuffs, but instead of complying, the man punched the officers and ran. He then entered “military property” and climbed onto the top of a shipping container and refused to come down, according to police.
When officers tried to put him in handcuffs, Jones allegedly punched the officers and ran into a nearby military property, where he stood on a shipping container waving a knife for four hours, police said.
Emergency negotiators convinced him to come down from the shipping container, but Jones refused to put the knife down, the department said in a tweet. The officer released his K9 partner, Titan, to assist and the suspect stabbed him.
Officers then ran in and took Jones into custody.
Titan was rushed to an animal hospital for treatment of stab wounds to his side that caused a laceration to his colon in three places, police said. Titan had six to eight inches of his colon surgically removed and received over 100 stitches.
These photos are tough to look at, but don’t worry he is in good hands! Our beloved K9s are truly our partners. Recently, 2 officers responded to a radio call of a man trespassing @ a local business. When the officers tried speaking to the man, he refused to give his information. pic.twitter.com/TrftnLN6Uv
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A man was behind bars Wednesday on suspicion of stabbing a San Diego police dog during an altercation in the Midway District, police said.
At about 11:30 a.m. Monday, two officers responded to a radio call of a man trespassing at a business in the 3300 block of Barnett Avenue, southwest of Interstate 5, according to San Diego police.