Authorities are investigating after a man bled to death after being apprehended by a police dog in Montgomery.
Captain Joe Herman of the State Bureau of Investigation said yesterday that preliminary autopsy reports show a burglary suspect died as the result of a ruptured femoral artery. The incident remains under review.
Montgomery police say a canine unit responded to a report of a burglary in progress early Sunday morning, and the animal apprehended a man inside the home. That man, identified as Joseph Pettaway, died later at a hospital.
The police dog is currently under quarantine at a city kennel, and its handler has been placed on administrative leave as the case is being reviewed.