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.

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

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