Jethro, the Canton police K-9, who was shot after responding to call about a burglary at Fisher Foods Saturday has died, according to the department's facebook page.

"It is with heavy hearts that we must tell you all that we lost Jethro. He took a sudden turn for the worse and has passed," the post read.

Jethro was taken to the Stark County Veterinary Emergency Clinic after the incident to be treated for three gun shot wounds.

Canton police posted on their Facebook page Sunday morning that Jethro was still resting and that his wounds "did not require surgery."

The department said the bullets that hit him "didn't strike any vital organs," but one did hit him on the bridge of the nose, which caused brain trauma.

Police later found the suspect in a nearby yard. The suspect sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.