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Wadesboro Police Department Shoot and Kill K-9 Officer 'Blitz' During Traffic Stop Sparking Outrage: 'This Is Disgusting'

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A routine traffic stop over a fictitious number plate ended in tragedy recently when a K-9 officer named Blitz was shot and killed near Mt. Gilead in North Carolina. A loyal member of the Wadesboro Police Department, Blitz was deployed into action after the traffic stop escalated into a 20-mile chase, in pursuit of suspect Lewis Davis, who sped off after being instructed to stop. What compounds the tragic nature of the incident, is the fact that…

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Anson Record

Slain officer results in county-wide uproar

WADESBORO — It has been an emotional week for the members of the law enforcement and dog handlers’ community, as well as for Anson County citizens following the tragic loss of an officer in the line of duty, K9 Blitz, Wednesday April 2 when he was shot to death by a fellow WPD officer following an early morning high speed chase that crossed county lines into Montgomery County, or Mt. Source

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