By Stella Chan, CNN
Updated 1:51 PM ET, Tue January 19, 2021 (CNN)A California sheriff s deputy and a police dog were killed in a shootout with a suspect Monday night, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones told reporters during a news briefing.
The shootout came after deputies pursued a driver who had failed to stop. The brief chase ended near the California State Fairgrounds Race Track in Sacramento, where the driver crashed the vehicle and refused to get out, deputies said.
After using less-lethal weapons to shoot out the back window, one of the K-9 officers deployed a dog to the vehicle to try and assist getting the suspect out, said the sheriff. The suspect immediately shot and killed the K-9 unit and then immediately started firing on the officers.