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K9 dies in hot car days after third birthday celebration
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Mason, a K9 officer in the Gulf Shores Police Department, died after being left in an officer's car during a conference last Thursday, a Gulf Shores Police Department's spokesman said.
Sgt. Jason Woodruff said in a statement that Mason’s handler, Corporal Josh Coleman, forgot the dog was still in the back seat of his patrol car. He found Mason unresponsive and rushed him to a veterinarian, but Mason died the next day.
Woodruff said Mason’s death was an accident and no criminal charges would be filed.
>>UPDATE: Authorities now say the case will go to a grand jury, and charges are possible. Read more here.
The department had just celebrated Mason’s birthday 10 days earlier.
