JONESBORO — A memorial is scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 13 for Clayton County Police K-9 Waro who was killed in the line of duty on Sept. 2.
The memorial services is planned at 11:30 a.m. at Rum Creek Park, 1303 Government Circle, Jonesboro.
The procession will start at 564 Macon St., McDonough with the line-up beginning at 10:30 a.m.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation continues to investigated an officer-involved shooting of a 17-year-old man Waro.
According to a Sept. 3 GBI press release, the agency was called in by the Clayton County Police Department for an independent investigating after Stephon Ford, 17, of Jonesboro, was killed by police on Sept. 2 at about 9:50 a.m., hours after Ford fatally shot CCPD K-9 Waro.
According to Clayton County Police, on Sept. 2 at about 1:46 a.m., officers responded to the 8000th block of Tara Boulevard after getting a request for help from the Jonesboro Police Department.
Upon arrival, Clayton County officers helped with an ongoing investigation regarding a suspect that took flight from the location on foot. Ford was one of three males who were reported for suspicious activity around the Home 1 Extended Stay, 8240 Tara Blvd., Clayton police said in a press conference.
The Jonesboro Police Department then called the Clayton County Police Department and requested a K-9 unit to held find Ford.
Clayton County Police K-9 Waro was deployed into the nearby wood line where he engaged the suspect.
The police K-9 alerted officers on the suspect in the wood line and officers subsequently issued verbal commands for the suspect to surrender.
The suspect produced a handgun and began firing in the direction of officers.
The police K-9 was struck and subsequently rushed to a local area animal hospital for treatment, where he later succumbed to his injuries. No officers or residents were injured during the incident.
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