Secret Service dog dies after fall from roof at Biden event

A Secret Service dog died in New Orleans Saturday night when it fell from a parking garage during a sweep for an event featuring Vice President Biden, the Secret Service said Sunday.

The dog fell from a parking garage at the New Orleans Ritz-Carlton, where Biden was speaking at a fundraiser for Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) Saturday night.

“It was a tragic accident,” Secret Service spokesman Max Milien told The Hill Sunday.

Milien said the Secret Service was not releasing the name and age of the dog, a Belgian Malinois.

The Secret Service has a K-9 division created in the 1970s, the Canine Explosives Detection Unit, which pairs bomb-sniffing dogs with handlers to search for drugs, explosives and firearms.

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