An incident involving a police K-9 happened during the funeral of NYPD Detective Didarul Islam, the officer who was tragically killed during a mass shooting in Manhattan last week.
According to News 12 The Bronx, a Suffolk County police dog somehow escaped from its vehicle and attacked a man outside Islam’s funeral procession, biting the bystander in the back, which happened after the German Shepard appeared to lunge at at least two other bystanders. Greater Long Island reported that funeral events began at a mosque in the Bronx and concluded with a procession to Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa, New Jersey.
Now, the Suffolk County Police Department has released a statement addressing the incident, explaining that “the door to a police vehicle became ajar and the canine inside escaped, biting someone.”…