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A Waco officer shot and killed a police dog Friday after the dog bit its handler while police served a warrant, authorities said.

Waco police and U.S. Marshals went to the 2000 block of Seneca Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. to serve a warrant for a wanted subject, Waco police Officer Garen Bynum said. As officers approached a house, the police dog, a Belgian Malinois, turned and bit the handler.

“At that point, another officer on scene was forced to put down the canine to save the officer,” Bynum said.

Emergency medical responders took the injured officer to a local hospital for treatment of injuries, Bynum said. He said the officer “was expected to be OK.” The nature and location of the bites remained unclear Friday afternoon.

The name of the dog and the officers involved have not been released. The Waco Police Department has had three dogs in its K-9 unit: Kastor, Kempi and Hondo.

Bynum said police never made entry to the house and the subject they were seeking was not taken into custody.