KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Charges have now been filed against a man accused of stabbing a Shawnee Police Department K-9 officer.

Edwin Perez is charged with felony aggravated robbery, felony interference with law enforcement and felony harming or killing certain dogs for an incident on Aug. 5, 2025.

The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office filed the charges Thursday.

Perez allegedly stabbed the dog, which the Shawnee Police Department brought to the scene, after the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department was called to a home in the 900 block of Riverview around 3:45 a.m. on Aug. 5.

At the home, officers spoke with a person who said a family member had returned after an earlier assault involving a knife. When officers tried to approach the home to talk to the man, he barricaded h

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