Burlington, Colo., Police Chief Nathan Hill was housing the German Shepherd at his residence in Kit Carson after the K-9 program in another county was terminated

A former Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office K9 attacked the Burlington police chief's 3-year-old daughter, killing her, officials from the police department and Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office say.

The Burlington police chief's three-year-old daughter was killed in a dog attack by a former sheriff's K-9 on Monday.

The 3-year-old daughter of Burlington Police Chief Nathan Hill died after she was attacked by a law enforcement K-9 at the family’s home, according to the Kit Carson Sheriff's Office. Kit Carson Sheriff Travis Beldon said they found the child unresponsive in the backyard with her mother.