KANSAS CITY, Kan. —

A Shawnee Police Department K-9 was stabbed in an overnight barricade situation.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department responded to the area of the 900 block of Riverview Avenue around 3:45 a.m. on reports of a disturbance. Advertisement

When they arrived, the person who reported the disturbance told police that a family member came to the home after an assault with a knife that evening.

Officers approached the home, and the suspect barricaded himself inside.

Shawnee police sent their K-9, Dagger, to assist at the scene.

Shawnee Police Department

When officers went into the home to arrest the suspect, he stabbed Dagger.

Dagger was taken to a veterinarian and is expected to be OK, police said.

The suspect surrendered without further incident around 7:30 a.

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