A K9 was injured when he was stabbed assisting police in response to a standoff in Kansas City Kansas Tuesday, police said.

Officers with the KCK police department responded around 3:45 a.m. to the 900 block of Riverview Avenue after a call about an assault between family members.

A caller advised a family member had not returned to the residence after an alleged assault with a knife earlier in the evening, said Officer T.J. Tomasic, a police spokesperson, in an email.

When officers arrived at the residence, a man barricaded himself inside, Tomasic said.

Officers with the Shawnee Police Department later assisted on scene with the help of a K9 unit. As officers made entry into the home to arrest the man, the K9 was stabbed, Tomasic said.

The 4-year-old K9, named Dagger, was taken to an

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