Our officers called Blue to the scene and we asked him to find the suspect,” a post on the department’s social media page said.

ALL RIGHT. DALE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS NOW. JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM OUT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN ASHEVILLE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE SAYS A K-9 OFFICER HAS DIED. POLICE TELL US.

A Capitol police officer returned fire after someone inside a vehicle began shooting at him, striking his patrol vehicle, wounding a K-9 inside.