A police dog has died after being shot by a fleeing suspect in Burbank who was later killed by pursuing officers on Saturday evening, police said.

The shooting occurred after the suspect failed to yield while Burbank police were conducting a traffic stop at 6:40 p.m. in the 2400 block of Buena Vista Street near the northbound 5 Freeway onramp, according to a statement from Lt. Derek Green of the Burbank Police Department.

During the stop, a passenger fled the vehicle, ran up the freeway onramp and jumped over an embankment wall into a nearby residential neighborhood, Green said.

The officers remained with the driver and vehicle while requesting assistance.

Additional police resources responded and a coordinated search was initiated using a police canine and a police helicopter.

The ca

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