Duty Death: Sean Gannon - [Yarmouth]
End of Service: 12/04/2018
By Police1 Staff
BARNSTABLE – A Yarmouth K-9 officer was shot and killed while executing a multi-agency search warrant Thursday afternoon.
Multiple Massachusetts police departments expressed their condolences and extended their sympathies to the family of K-9 Officer Sean Gannon and the Yarmouth Police Department, which also changed it’s Facebook profile photo.
https://www.facebook.com/yarmouthpolice/photos/a.170858422929182.46831.156644224350602/2063917626956576/?type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/wmur9/videos/10155721345858717/
Officer Gannon’s K-9 partner was also shot during the incident and was taken to a veterinary hospital.
The suspect, who has a lengthy criminal record, was taken into custody following a long standoff with authorities.
The officer was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to WCVB5.
https://twitter.com/MITPolice/status/984585889958498304 https://twitter.com/BCSO1/status/984585448298344448