Officers and their K-9s pack meeting to support SC bill increasing penalties for killing police dogs

By: Adrian Ashford

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 757

Last Updated: 6 days, 10 hours ago

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COLUMBIA — Sgt. Warren Cavanagh still remembers every smell, sound, and gun shot from Dec. 16, 2011.

That’s the day his police dog Fargo was shot and killed by an armed robbery suspect, the Richland County Sheriff’s officer told a House panel Wednesday.

Cavanagh said he sat with his beloved dog in the back of a patrol car headed to an animal hospital going about 100 mph, then assisted the emergency veterinarian who cut Fargo …

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