A former Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office K9 attacked the Burlington police chief's 3-year-old daughter on Monday, killing her, officials from the police department and Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office said on Tuesday.

When Kit Carson County Sheriff Travis Belden and a deputy arrived at the scene of the attack, the dog was in a kennel. Paramedics arrived soon after and took the child to Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital, where they later died. The child has not been identified by name, but the Burlington Police Department said in a statement that she was the daughter of the department's chief, Nathan Hill.

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The dog was in service with the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office as a narcotics detection dog, but was recently taken out of service after the sheriff's office ended its K9 pr

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