K-9 dog dies after being in patrol car with broken air conditioning, police say

A police K-9 dog died of "heat-related injuries" inside an officer's vehicle this week after the air conditioning system stopped working, authorities in Georgia said.

The dog, named Chase, had been left in a patrol car belonging to one officer, who the Cobb County Police Department identified as Officer Neill in a news release. The incident happened Monday while Neill and other officers attended an active shooter training at a local high school.

"Officers had been at training since 11 a.m. and had been checking on their K9 partners on the hour for 15-minute breaks between each 45-minute training session," Cobby County police said. "At some point after the previous check, the air conditioning system malfunctioned in Officer Neill's patrol vehicle."