Some tragic news has occurred in Kit Carson County, Colorado. The daughter of a police chief has died after being attacked by a police K-9 at her home. The police K-9 named Draco attacked the girl at her home, but authorities are still investigating what led to the trained Draco viciously attacking the young girl. DNYUZ has more details to report on the deadly dog attack: A police chief’s 3-year-old daughter has died after she was attacked by a law enforcement K-9 named Draco at the family’s home, authorities in Colorado said. The child was found unresponsive in the yard of the house, the Kit Carson County Sheriff’s Office said. Officials haven’t said what may have led up to the attack and said the incident is still under investigation. The girl, who has not been publicly identified, is the daughter of Burlington Police Chief Nathan Hill, who was not home at the time of the attack, authorities have confirmed. “We our deeply saddened by the tragic incident that occurred within the city limits of Burlington, CO. Our hearts go out to Chief Nate Hill, his wife and family for the loss of their little girl, who was victim of a dog attack,” Burlington Police Department said. Here’s a photo of Draco: Police chief’s toddler killed by K-9 named Draco in backyard https://t.co/eUEovSu4UE pic.twitter.com/CTs5ozg6nx — New York Post (@nypost) August 13, 2025 MSN reported Draco was an inactive police K-9 at the time of the attack: According to the press release, that agency “recently” ended its K-9 program and donated the dog to the Burlington Police Department. While the dog was a non-active K-9, Hill was “housing the dog at his residence” at the time. Burlington does not currently have a K-9 program. Yeah, it happened around 9:30 Monday morning at the home It is unclear how long Draco had been inactive, but a Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post shows the dog was used as recently as June 19 in a traffic stop to detect controlled substances. K-9 Draco was introduced to the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office in 2023, and would be approximately three years old now. Beldon said that the department has struggled to keep a handler for the dog, which is why the dog’s active status has been off and on recently.