K-9 Lollipop (Photo: WAND-TV/University of Illinois Police Department)
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
A K-9 officer was instrumental in helping Urbana police save a man who was threatening suicide, according to WAND-TV.
In a tense situation that unfolded Saturday morning, Urbana police responded to a 911 call about a man who was inside of a bus shelter in the 1000 block of W. Green St. They found a 38-year-old man holding a knife.
The man had cut and stabbed himself in front of police, according to a press release, and was threatening to kill himself.
Urbana police spoke to the man for over an hour in an effort to calm the situation. They said they learned the man was fond of dogs.