K-9 Murph, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, was shot Wednesday afternoon while attempting to apprehend a suspect, identified as Darren R. Crail, 52, of Vacaville, police said.

A Vacaville police dog got shot and had his leg amputated after he took an armed man into custody Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.

A police K-9 officer was shot with a rifle while attempting to detain a suspect in Vacaville, authorities say.

Murph, who has been a Vacaville police K-9 for over three years, is recovering from surgery after he was shot and wounded while helping to apprehend an armed suspect.

A Vacaville Police Department K9 dog was shot while apprehending a suspect on Wednesday, VPD said. The dog was shot in a limb and is expected to survive. Police responded to a home on the 300 block of Regency Circle after the suspect called 911 and threatened to shoot others.

Vacaville K-9 officer Murph was shot during the apprehension of an armed suspect Wednesday afternoon, the Vacaville Police Department shared.