Police K-9 dies in line of duty during fiery South Carolina shootout

A hunt for a fishy ended successful a fiery shootout successful South Carolina that near a instrumentality enforcement officer wounded and a constabulary K-9 dead.

K-9 Mikka was killed during a standoff successful Lee County connected Friday afternoon, pursuing a chaotic standoff with a fishy wanted successful the shooting of a McBee Police Department serviceman connected Thursday night. 

Agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) responded to Lee County arsenic portion of a multi-agency hunt for an equipped and unsafe subject, identified arsenic Altson Modlin, 27, according to the Horry County Police Department.

McBee Police Chief Tim Knight said Molidin fired astatine the serviceman "more than 60 times," WPDE reported.

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Police K-9 Mikka was killed aft a Lee County, South Carolina, patrol car caught occurrence portion being struck by bullets during a standoff with the fishy successful the shooting of a McBee Police Department serviceman precocious Thursday night. (Horry County Police Department)

Following the shooting in Chesterfield County, a hunt spanning aggregate counties occurred and Modlin was located astir 10 a.m., erstwhile a deadly shootout ensued, officials said.

Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said instrumentality enforcement officers were pursuing Modlin's car erstwhile they ran into unrecorded occurrence from him from an assault-style rifle, News19 confirmed. 

Simon confirmed to WPDE that 1 of his deputies was grazed by a slug by shots fired astatine officers connected the country of the standoff.

Simon said a patrol car burned aft it was struck by bullets.

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Law enforcement crossed the authorities of South Carolina searched for Alston Modlin, 27, aft a McBee constabulary serviceman was changeable during a postulation halt precocious Thursday night.  (South Carolina Law Enforcement Division)

"Shots that really deed the vehicle. The conveyance ignited and caught fire, and, you know, she evidently couldn't get retired of the vehicle," Simon explained to News19. "The officers couldn't get to the conveyance to unfastened the door, due to the fact that they, similar I said, they were nether duress. They couldn't get to the vehicle."

Tragically, the serviceman couldn't get to K-9 Mikka wrong the car owed to each the shots fired, and the canine died successful the fire, Simon told WPDE.

"We are a smaller agency, and we person to deterioration respective antithetic hats here. We are greatly saddened by the nonaccomplishment of K-9 Mikka, who was arsenic overmuch a subordinate of our squad arsenic my Chief Deputy who was injured," Simon said successful a statement.

The shooting led to a shelter-in-place bid and a countywide schoolhouse lockdown, according to News19. 

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The Horry County Police Department successful South Carolina is continuing to analyse an officer-involved shooting successful Lee County that wounded an serviceman and near a K-9 serviceman dead. (Horry County Police Department Facebook)

Authorities said astir 200 instrumentality enforcement officers and 10 agencies were successful Lee County to assistance with the standoff. 

"This is simply a senseless, cowardly enactment that really took spot today. And you know, I'm getting to the constituent I'm fed up with this. This is my eighth serviceman progressive shooting since I've been here, since 2010. This is excessively much," Simon said.

Simon added that his squad is grateful for the enactment they consciousness from the assemblage and chap instrumentality enforcement:

Nearly 200 instrumentality enforcement officers and 10 agencies were successful Lee County to assistance with the standoff.  (iStock)

"I privation to convey Horry County for taking the pb successful investigating this incident, and each of our partners for their enactment and assistance, including South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR), my Sheriff’s Office and Police Department counterparts crossed the authorities and region, and the ATF. There’s been truthful overmuch assemblage enactment from adjacent and far, and each idiosyncratic and bureau that has reached retired to cheque connected america and offered their prayers is appreciated."

The Lee County Coroner’s Office has confirmed Modlin is deceased and that an autopsy volition beryllium performed Tuesday.

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The Horry County Police Department said this remains an progressive probe and that it volition proceed to investigate the shooting successful Lee County astatine the petition of agencies involved.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Lee County Sheriff's Office and SLED for comment.