Marshall and an unknown man were targeted by Toledo police after reports of a stolen vehicle were made on Wednesday. When police arrived, Marshall, fleeing into a vacant home, shot at the dog. Officer Simon Urbina shot Marshall.
Thousands of comments have poured in over the past day to honor and memorize Falko, the Toledo police dog seen here. He was not yet old enough to be fitted with a bulletproof vest, according to the police department, though Chief George Kral told the Toledo Blade that a vest probably wouldn’t have helped in this case.
This article appears in Aug 12-18, 2015.
I’m glad that this piece of garbage murderer is off the streets and rotting in the ground. It just really sucks that he took an officer with him.