A police chief’s K-9 dog killed his young daughter in the back yard of their home while he was away.

The German Shepherd named Draco was in a kennel and ‘not actively attacking’ when deputies responded to a call for a child being assaulted by a dog at the home in Burlington, Colorado, according to the Kit Carson County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Travis Belden and a deputy found the three-year-old girl unresponsive, and her mother, in the yard on Monday.

The toddler was rushed to Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital.

‘Despite best efforts by medical staff the child was eventually declared deceased,’ stated the sheriff’s office.

‘This is a very tragic situation, affecting this community as a whole.’

Burlington police Chief Nate Hill was keeping Draco at his home after Cheyenne County She

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