Jul 23, 2008 5:50 pm US/Eastern
Memorial For BSO Police Dog Killed In Line Of Duty
Service For Oozi Held At Cooper City High School
Police Report: Oozi Got Into The Line Of Fire While Apprehending Suspect
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
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Oozi, BSO K9 killed in the line of duty
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Deputy Jerry Wengert and K-9 Oozi
Broward Sheriff's Office
A memorial service was held Wednesday for a slain Broward Sheriff's Office police dog. The memorial for Oozi, a 7 year old Belgian Malinois, took place at Cooper City High School.
The police dog was fatally shot last Thursday morning during pursuit of a suspect.
Officers followed the suspect, 27-year-old Delvin Lewis, to Miami Beach after they received a call about shots being fired in the 300 block of NE 35th Court in Broward County. When deputies arrived on the scene, Lewis' ex-girlfriend, Michael Taylor said Lewis had fired several shots at her during an argument and then took off.
He led police on a pursuit which ended in the parking lot of Mt. Sinai Medical Center. According to a police report, Lewis made ''a reaching motion toward the floorboard, as if attempting to retrieve a handgun,'' and that's when BSO deputies and a Miami-Dade police officer opened fire. Oozi had already been let loose to help apprehend Lewis but entered the line of fire and was fatally wounded.
Lewis was treated at JMH for non-life threatening injuries. He has been charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle on a law enforcement officer; aggravated fleeing and eluding; resisting an officer with violence; and principal in the death of a police dog, which is a felony.
Oozi and his handler, Deputy Jerry Wengert, received employee of the month honors in May 2008 for their apprehension of burglary suspects that tried running them over.
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