{"id":4405,"date":"2013-02-03T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2013-02-03T14:41:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T19:41:38","slug":"leon-county-sheriffs-office-k9-koda-slain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4405","title":{"rendered":"Leon County Sheriff’s Office K9 Koda Slain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LCSO K9 Koda<\/p><\/div>\n

In an attempt to apprehend fleeing murder suspect Carlos Cespedes, Leon County Sheriff’s Office K9 Koda was shot and killed in the line of duty on 2\/1\/2013.<\/p>\n

LCSO PIO Lt. James McQuaig reported that Deputy Ron McMullen, his partner K9 Koda, and Deputy Tyler Epstein confronted the suspect at the end of a vehicle pursuit. \u00a0Cespedes fired his gun at the deputies and K9 Koda was hit by a single bullet.<\/p>\n

Dep’s McMullen and Epstein returned fire and the suspect was hit. \u00a0He is in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. \u00a0The deputies were uninjured.\u00a0 Cespedes had active warrants from the Tallahassee Police for first degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and shooting from a vehicle.\u00a0 New charges against Cespedes are pending.<\/p>\n

K9 Koda is the first police K9 dog in the U.S. murdered this year. \u00a0Nationwide, eighteen K9’s were killed in the line of duty in 2012, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an attempt to apprehend fleeing murder suspect Carlos Cespedes, Leon County Sheriff’s Office K9 Koda was shot and killed in the line of duty on 2\/1\/2013. LCSO PIO Lt. James McQuaig reported that Deputy Ron McMullen, his partner K9 Koda, and Deputy Tyler Epstein confronted the suspect at the end of a vehicle pursuit. \u00a0Cespedes fired his gun at the deputies and K9 Koda was hit by a single bullet. Dep’s McMullen and Epstein returned fire and the suspect was hit. \u00a0He is in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. \u00a0The deputies were uninjured.\u00a0 Cespedes had active warrants from the Tallahassee Police for first degree murder, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[587,632,633,330],"class_list":["post-4405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-k9","tag-k9-dog-shot","tag-lcso-k9-koda","tag-leon-county-sheriffs-office","tag-police-k9"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t