Retired New Castle County Police K-9 Diablo, shot in 2009, dies, department says Isabel Hughes, Delaware News Journal
Headlines January 26, 2021
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A retired New Castle County police K-9 that was shot while trying to apprehend a suspect in 2009 has died, the department said Tuesday.
K-9 Diablo was forced into retirement following the Nov. 11, 2009, shooting, which unfolded outside a Philadelphia Pike apartment complex in Brandywine Hundred around 1 a.m.
Diablo and his handler, Master Cpl. Chris Sarnecky, had responded to the area after a woman called 911 to report that her boyfriend, Eric Weit, threatened to kill her. Officers surrounded the complex, but couldn t find Weit until Diablo caught his scent in a nearby wooded area.