{"id":242275,"date":"2026-04-22T20:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242275\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:06:08","slug":"fort-lauderdale-k-9-shot-by-burglary-suspect-recovering-after-surgery-police-say-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242275\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale K-9 shot by burglary suspect recovering after surgery, police say \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fort Lauderdale Police K-9 that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/burglary-suspect-accused-of-shooting-k-9-arrested-in-fort-lauderdale-police-say\/3797835\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/burglary-suspect-accused-of-shooting-k-9-arrested-in-fort-lauderdale-police-say\/3797835\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">shot by a burglary suspect over the weekend<\/a> is recovering after undergoing surgery, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>K-9 Appie was doing well after undergoing surgery late Tuesday night, Fort Lauderdale Police officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wish our K-9 hero the best of luck in his recovery and will continue to provide updates as soon as they become available,&#8221; the department said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/042226-Fort-Lauderdale-Police-K-9-Appie.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Appie\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFort Lauderdale PoliceFort Lauderdale Police<\/p>\n<p>Appie<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday after officers responded to the 1600 block of Northwest 16th Court after receiving reports of a possible residential burglary, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers set up a perimeter with assistance from the Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office as the suspect fled the scene, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Appie was sent to stop the suspect, who pulled out a gun and shot the dog in the shoulder, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was identified as 31-year-old Christian Bouie, and he was taken to the hospital for injuries he sustained after Appie bit him.<\/p>\n<p>Bouie is facing several charges, including use of a deadly weapon on a police animal and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fort Lauderdale Police K-9 that was shot by a burglary suspect over the weekend is recovering after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-242275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242275","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=242275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}