SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTING: K-9 who searched IRC after attack died from choking

Press Enterprise ^ | 1/15/2016 | Brian Rokos

[chrisinoc]

Jojo, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department's explosives-detecting K-9, died when he choked on an object lodged in his throat, his handler said Friday, Jan. 15.

Jojo died Jan. 6 while searching a warehouse, Detective Brad Phillips wrote in a letter on the department's Facebook page. Phillips suffered the amputation of his right pinky finger in trying to dislodge the object.

The cause of death and amputation had not previously been announced.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[TigerClaws]

Who was the third gunman? They searched some nearby church (I saw it live). Then the 3rd gunman disappeared.

[chris37]

Detective Philips lost his finger trying to save Jojo.

I would call that love.

God Bless them both.

[publius911]

Crummy reporting.
What was the object that was jammed down the dog's throat?

[make no mistake]

I wonder what he choked on.

[Salamander]

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/dogs/a/chokingdoberman.htm

[Salamander]

Absolutely.

Horrible story.

[make no mistake]

whoa....that was unexpected. lol

[Vendome]

Terrible...

Still, the dog did bite the hand....

[Ken H]

Do yourselves a favor and don't google images of JoJo from happier times. It will only cause your screen to blur.

[Salamander]

As a long time Dobermann owner, it is something which I’ve been familiar with for a *long* time.

:D

[Salamander]

Did you see this?

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Jojo was the only explosive dog in San Bernardino County.
He did many amazing things in his short life including finding buried and hidden guns, tracking and exposing wanted felons, and identifying explosive devices.
His greatest day of valor came on December 2, 2015 when 14 of our county employees were massacred by two attackers determined to cause the greatest possible amount of death and destruction.
Jojo searched for over 10 consecutive hours in the parking lots of the site, in the buildings near the massacre, and in the actual room where the people were still lying lifelessly.
The conditions in that room were such that no man or dog should ever have to witness, but we did our job and ensured that the room was secured.

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*Who* was JoJo tracking down this time?
Was it a “payback”?

Why would a highly trained bomb dog stop to pick something up and eat it?

[Salamander]

He was dying and panicking.

I’ve pulled stuffed toy bits from my dogs’ mouths, that had gotten wrapped around their tongues and been accidentally chomped for my trouble.

You do what you have to and don’t take their panicked bites personally.

[Vendome]

I’d do whatever it took to save my pigs. Lil beggar bastuhds.

[make no mistake]

Dobermans are beautiful, almost as beautiful as my GSD: )

The story abut Jojo needs to be rewritten because it does
not make sense.