MCKEESPORT, Pa. — McKeesport has announced that one of the city’s K9s has died.
The K9 unit team made the announcement on Friday evening.
Police say the dog, Farkle, suffered a medical emergency but it died peacefully next to its partner, Lieutenant Nick Matthews.
He was a certified apprehension, building search and narcotics detection dog.
Farkle had been with the McKeesport Police Department since 2012.
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