K9 Contact with Hospitalization in Southeast Division NRF031-26bb

**The following information is based on a preliminary and ongoing investigation, which continues to evolve as investigators interview witnesses, review physical and electronic records, and analyze forensic evidence. The Department’s understanding of the facts and circumstances may change as additional evidence is collected and analyzed**

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Force Investigation Division is investigating a K9 Contact with Hospitalization that occurred in Southeast Division.

On July 30, 2026, at around 11:00 p.m., Southeast Area Gang Enforcement Detail (GED) officers were patrolling the area of 106th Street and Towne Avenue. The officers observed the subject, later described as a 13-year-old male, driving a vehicle along with an additional passenger. Both the subject and the passenger jumped out of the moving vehicle, causing it to collide with a parked vehicle and fled on foot. As the subject fled, he clutched his waistband consistent with being armed with a firearm. A short foot pursuit ensued, and a perimeter was established.

Metropolitan Division K9 responded to conduct a search for the subject. Prior to conducting their search, several K9 announcements were made via a Public Address system, directing the subject to surrender. The Subject failed to comply. A K9 search commenced, and the K9 located the subject under a parked vehicle, where a K9 contact occurred. The subject was taken into custody without further incident.

The subject sustained an injury to his right arm. Officers requested a rescue ambulance, which transported him to a local hospital, where he was treated and admitted for rhabdomyolysis in the right arm and infection from a bite. The treating physician attributed both injuries to the K9 contact.

No officers or other community members were injured as a result of this incident.

Force Investigation Division (FID) personnel responded and assumed investigative responsibility for this incident.