Man dead after standoff that killed Minnesota police dog The police K9 Luna was sent in to help apprehend the suspect who began shooting. Posted: Feb 26, 2021 10:06 AM Updated: Feb 26, 2021 9:02 PM DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A man who refused to surrender to Duluth police during a roughly 20-hour standoff is dead after shots were fired. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension called the incident an officer-involved shooting, but did not specify whether the man was killed by police fire. The standoff began at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday after police responded to a report of an assault and a man inside refused to surrender. Officers sent in a police dog, Luna, but the man began shooting and Luna was killed.