JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say a teenager is facing adult charges in an armed carjacking that killed a police dog named Fang.
The Florida Times-Union reports the State Attorney’s Office filed upgraded charges Thursday against the 17-year-old boy, identified by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office as Jhamel Paskel. The charges include killing a police dog, possession of a firearm, aggravated fleeing, armed robbery and two counts of kidnapping with a firearm.
An arrest report says the teen got into a car at a gas station and held the driver at gunpoint. It says he later ordered the driver and her passenger out and drove off.
Authorities tracked the car’s GPS system and remotely shut the engine off. Officers say Paskel ran with K-9 Officer Matt Herrera and the 3-year-old German shepherd in pursuit.
They say the teen then fatally wounded Fang.
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