The Braintree Police held a memorial service at the Massachusetts Gillette Stadium on Tuesday for Kitt, a K-9 police dog that took a lethal hit during a June 4 shootout. According to a press release from the Braintree Police Department, officers responded to a domestic abuse call at the Braintree Village apartment complex in Braintree, Massachusetts, on June 4. When the officers arrived, they were informed the subject was armed and had fled into a wooded area. As the officers approached the gunman’s location, gunshots were exchanged at close range. The subject was later identified as 34-year-old Andrew Homen. Braintree police chief Mark Dubois told local media outlets that officers were “ambushed” by the gunman. Officer Matthew Donaghue and Officer Billy Cushing sustained multiple gunshot wounds, while Kitt was fatally shot. The wounded officers were released from the hospital on June 11. According to the Braintree Police Department, the memorial …
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