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Police Dog Figo Pays Lasts Respects To His Fallen Partner, Officer Jason Ellis.
Jason Ellis was laid to rest Thursday after a funeral service that drew law enforcement officers from surrounding states.
Ellis, 33, was killed Saturday in what police called an ambush at an exit off the parkway. He was a K-9 officer for the Bardstown department, but his dog was not with him when he was shot.
He had stopped to remove some debris in the road when he was shot multiple times with a shotgun by an unknown assailant.
Bardstown Police Chief Rick McCubbin said Ellis "paid the ultimate sacrifice doing what he loved: being a police officer."
"Dogs can actually smell when someone or something is dead and it gives them closure. Not sure if he can tell it's him through the coffin, but he should."
Police Chief Rick McCubbin told the Associated Press that Figo and Ellis were "true partners." The police dog has been retired and will live with Ellis' family.
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Jason Ellis was laid to rest Thursday after a funeral service that drew law enforcement officers from surrounding states.
Ellis, 33, was killed Saturday in what police called an ambush at an exit off the parkway. He was a K-9 officer for the Bardstown department, but his dog was not with him when he was shot.
He had stopped to remove some debris in the road when he was shot multiple times with a shotgun by an unknown assailant.
Bardstown Police Chief Rick McCubbin said Ellis "paid the ultimate sacrifice doing what he loved: being a police officer."
"Dogs can actually smell when someone or something is dead and it gives them closure. Not sure if he can tell it's him through the coffin, but he should."
Police Chief Rick McCubbin told the Associated Press that Figo and Ellis were "true partners." The police dog has been retired and will live with Ellis' family.
