{"id":239696,"date":"2026-04-21T00:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239696\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:39:07","slug":"south-florida-k-9-shot-in-shoulder-while-attempting-to-apprehend-fleeing-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239696\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida K-9 shot in shoulder while attempting to apprehend fleeing suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A Florida man shot a K-9 in the shoulder while he was trying to flee from law enforcement following a burglary investigation on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Christian Q. Bouie, 30, of Fort Lauderdale, is facing charges including use of a deadly weapon on a police animal, interfering with law enforcement officers with violence, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and resisting officers without violence.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel, a little before 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, officers went to Northwest 16th Court after receiving reports about a burglary at a home. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/aggravated-assault-pocket-knife-south-florida-palm-beach-county-crime-high-five-on-clematis-street-leads-to-aggravated-assault-arrest-after-man-pulls-knife-cowboy-club-downtown-west-palm-beach-polide-department-chase-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">High-five on Clematis Street leads to aggravated assault arrest after man pulls knife<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suspect, later identified as Bouie, attempted to flee the perimeter officers had set up during the investigation. An officer deployed a K-9 named Appie, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, to apprehend him. Bouie then shot Appie in the shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>The Sentinel says Bouie was arrested after deputies released another K-9. A gun was also found at the scene at the time of his arrest. <\/p>\n<p>Further details about the burglary were not released. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that Appie is in stable condition and was scheduled to have surgery. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Bouie is currently being held in Broward Main Jail. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man shot a K-9 in the shoulder while he was trying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-239696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}