Police K-9 chases down, bites assault suspect near Fort Worth convenience store

A police K-9 chased down an assault suspect early Wednesday in a wooded area in northwest Fort Worth, police said.

The canine bit the suspect during the arrest, but no other injuries were reported. The suspect was taken to a local hospital where he was listed in stable condition, police said.

The name of the suspect had not been released.

Police searched Wednesday for two other suspects

Initially, police responded to a robbery call shortly after 3:30 a.m. at the QuikTrip, 4577 Marine Creek Parkway.

Witnesses told police three men were robbing the clerk and one suspect had pistol-whipped the employee.

But police determined the store had not been robbed and the clerk was not injured.

Police learned that three men were involved in an altercation with a victim outside the store which continued into the store, police said.

Video surveillance showed that one suspect displayed a handgun and police later found live shell casings on the floor inside the store.

The suspects fled as police arrived.

As police were inside the store taking statements, one of the suspects returned but fled to a nearby wooded area when he saw the officers. That suspect was identified as the man who brandished a handgun.

Police and a K-9 unit with assistance from a police helicopter searched the wooded area and located the suspect hiding under a tree.

“He was given orders to surrender when the male started running a second time,” police Capt. Todd Wadlington said in a Wednesday email. “The police K-9 was deployed.”

This story was originally published August 15, 2018 at 8:12 AM with the headline "Police K-9 chases down, bites assault suspect near Fort Worth convenience store."