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WEBVTT EXPECTED TO BE CHARGED WITH KILLING A K-9. MONDAY NIGHT WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL FOR THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. A ROW OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GAVE THEIR CONDOLENCES TO THE HANDLER OF K-9 CIGO. THAT HANDLER WAS THEN OVERWHELMED BY HIS EMOTIONS. CIGO HAD BEEN KILLED HOURS EARLIER DURING AN ARREST IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE MALL AT WELLINGTON GREEN. AND THIS IS THE MAN POLICE SAY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING CIGO. HIS NAME IS GIOVANI ALVAREZ. DEPUTIES SAY JUST BEFORE 6:00 MONDAY NIGHT, THEY WENT TO ARREST ALVAREZ AND THIS MAN, JUSTIN VAZQUEZ. THE MEN WERE WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER. INVESTIGATORS SAY VAZQUEZ SURRENDERED, BUT ALVAREZ RAN. AS CIGO CHASED HIM, DEPUTIES SAY ALVAREZ TURNED AND SHOT AT THEM. >> HE WAS RUNNING AND FIRING AT THE SAME TIME. HE TURNED, SHOT THE DOG. THE DOG WAS STILL ABLE TO MAKE IT TO HIM. IN THE MEANTIME, HE’S STILL FIRING BACK AT THE DEPUTIES. ARI: DEPUTIES OPENED FIRE, HITTING ALVAREZ MULTIPLE TIMES. HE IS NOW HOSPITALIZED IN SERIOUS CONDITION. THE SHOTS WERE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE MALL. >> I HEARD A BOOM. AND I THOUGHT, WAS THAT A GUNSHOT? >> EVERYBODY JUST STARTED RUNNING. EVERYBODY WAS HIDING UNDER THE TABLES. BABIES CRYING. >> EVERYBODY WAS RUNNING AROUND LIKE CRAZY. SOME PEOPLE JUST HIT THE GROUND. >> WE WERE SHAKING. MY SON WAS CRYING. SHE WAS CRYING, SHAKING. IT WAS SCARY. ARI: CIGO WAS BROUGHT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE AS A HERO, WHEELED IN AS OFFICERS LINED BOTH SIDES, SALUTING. >> WE GOT TWO VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE OFF THE STR

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The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting outside The Mall at Wellington Green, that left a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office K-9 dead.Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says around 5:00 this evening, law enforcement surrounded the mall after learning a suspect, wanted in a recent shooting at a bar near Cresthaven Boulevard and South Military Trail, was at the mall.The tactical team witnessed the suspect who was with another man on surveillance video. The two men then met up with a 3rd man at the mall. The decision was made to try and take them into custody when they got to their vehicle.Bradshaw said when the three men were approached by law enforcement in the parking lot, the suspect wanted in the bar shooting surrendered. A third man with whom the suspect met up at the mall took off running. Deputy K-9 Cigo pursued the third suspect, who then turned around and fired several shots while running away, striking Cigo. While injured, Cigo was still able to reach the suspect while he was still firing at law enforcement. Authorities returned fire, striking the suspect several times. That suspect was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.The dog was taken to an emergency veterinarian, where it died.“He did his job and saved those deputies’ lives," Bradshaw said.The sheriff says the original suspect they were looking for is charged with attempted first-degree murder for the bar shooting. The suspect who shot at law enforcement is also charged with attempted first-degree murder. Deputies are still trying to determine the other man’s involvement.Nobody else was injured in the shooting. This is still an active investigation. We’ll continue to update this story.