LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 is recovering after being stabbed on Monday.
Police say 33-year-old Richard Goff was arrested for stabbing the K-9, named Raider.
Officers were dispatched to the area of Flamingo Road and Torrey Pines Drive at 5:32 a.m. on a report of a burglary in progress at a resident.
Police say they weren't immediately able to locate a suspect at the residence, but another officer noticed the suspect, since identified as Goff, "ran from the area, and entered a second residence."
Goff "refused to obey officers' commands," according to a Metro police spokesperson, so K-9 Raider was used in an effort to get him into custody.
"While doing so, Goff stabbed K-9 Raider," police stated.
Police say they used "additional low lethal options" to secure Goff's arrest. He was transported to the Clark County Detention Center and booked on charges including burglary, resisting a public officer with a deadly weapon and injuring/attempting to kill a police animal.
K-9 Raider was taken to a nearby veterinary clinic, where he is said to be recovering from his injuries.
