A Gwinnett County K9 officer and his human partner successfully tracked down and apprehended a lone gunman who began randomly shooting innocent civilians last April.
The dog, Nitro, his handler, Sergeant Brian Doan, and then-Corporal M. Forrester were named Officer of the Month on May 23 for heroically pursuing and catching a “violent and dangerous” individual, who posed a grave danger to the public.
Without waiting for a search team for help, they did what they had to do — their job.
On April 10, around 4 p.m., Sergeant Doan and Nitro responded to a call; shots were fired near an apartment complex on Pirkle Road where at least one man was randomly shot inside his vehicle….