The suspect shot at police officers, striking police vehicles parked near the scene, authorities said.
A police dog has died after being shot by a fleeing suspect in Burbank who was later killed by pursuing officers on Saturday evening, police said.
The shooting occurred after the suspect failed to yield while Burbank police were conducting a traffic stop at 6:40 p.m. in the 2400 block of Buena Vista Street near the northbound 5 Freeway onramp, according to a statement from Lt. Derek Green of the Burbank Police Department.Burbank Police K-9 Spike was shot and killed by a suspect who later died on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2005. (Courtesy Burbank Police Department)
During the stop, a passenger fled the vehicle, ran up the freeway onramp and jumped over an embankment wall into a nearby residential neighborhood, Green said.
Additional police resources responded and a coordinated search was initiated using a police dog and helicopter.
