One of the NYPD's K9 dogs was injured on the job when he fell through a ceiling during a firearms investigation. The NYPD Special Ops team Tweeted, "Last night / search warrant #K9 "Timoshenko" recovered these guns but also fell thru a ceiling. 7 stitches & he's recovering @ home #GoodBoy." Definitely 14/10!

Specials Ops also shared photographs of Timoshenko—named after Detective Rusel Timoshenko, who was slain during a 2007 traffic stop—getting stitches and wearing a protective cone.

Last night / search warrant #K9 "Timoshenko" recovered these guns but also fell thru a ceiling. 7 stitches & he's recovering @ home #GoodBoy pic.twitter.com/KoE2ZPBgvE — NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) August 12, 2017

According to the NY Post, "The well-known German Shepherd, Timoshenko ... was inside a home on Seabring Street near Van Brunt street in Red Hook on Friday night, searching for firearms, cops said. As the pup checked the attic, the ceiling suddenly gave way and Timoshenko plummeted through, police said... Timoshenko managed to sniff out a .22 semiautomatic handgun, an assault rifle, six other rifles and a shotgun despite the scary fall, according to cops, who arrested resident Agron Haskaj, 61, on multiple counts of weapons possession."

Timoshenko, who has experience finding firearms, is used to wearing different headwear: